Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry
Gelbart, based on the plays of Plautus.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Salle Communale de Chêne-Bougeries, Geneva, June
2001
Produced by Kate Booth and Linda Krasker
Musical direction by Linda Greenwood
This hillarious musical farce, the first musical written by Stephen
Sondheim, was set in Ancient Rome on a spring evening circa 200 years before the Christian era, and, as
is his wont, the thespian Prologus bid us welcome to his temple - wherein are worshipped the gods
of tragedy and comedy. Alas, tragedy had to wait, for it was "COMEDY TONIGHT...!".
The performances took place in an informal GAOS style with thirst-quenching drinks and scrumptious
food served either before the performance or during an extended interval.
