Stephen Sondheim - A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Notes for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1962 Original Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: Even with flaws, the best of the crop
Hit: 4 Stars
After checking into all the available soundtracks of the musical, I selected this one primarily for the original performance of Zero Mostel. Like many remastered CDs, there are volume problems with the recording--I really had to crank it up to be able to hear anything! I do wish that the soundtrack from the film, with Phil Silvers and a young Michael Crawford, was available, but this will do in the meantime.Free Music Review: This is an oldie, but a goodie
Hit: 4 Stars
I ordered A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for one song:That Dirty Old Man, and found myself enchanted with the whole CD. I saw the movie a few years ago on Encore and loved it, and found the CD just as good. If you like old movies and old Broadway shows you will find A Funny Thing delightful.
Faye Macey
Free Music Review: A classic musical!
Hit: 4 Stars
Zero Mostel, John Carradine, David Burns, Jack Gilford, Ronald Holgate, Ruth Kobart, Brian Davies; can there be a better cast? When this crowd gets into numbers like COMEDY TONIGHT and EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID, you'll see what I mean. Plus you should listen to LOVELY, with Davies and Preshy Marker.Free Music Review: Sondheim light
Hit: 3 Stars
There are so many productions of FORUM each year that Sondheim could easily have retired and lived off the royalties of this one show. (Fortunately for us, he didn't)Usually the first original cast recording is prferable over later revival and film versions. In this case, the 1996 revival cast with Nathan Lane is slightly better and more closely resembles the score the way it is presented in the theatre.
This original 1962 cast is not quite as polished a recording, but it does have Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford and the other members of the original cast sailing though Sondheim's music and lyrics with a spririt of fun.
The London cast with Frankie Howard is now out-of-print but it s a very amatureish recording. And avoid at all costs the film soundtrack!