A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - Songs

Songs

Act I
  • "Comedy Tonight" — Pseudolus and Company
  • "Love, I Hear" — Hero
  • "Free" — Pseudolus and Hero
  • "The House of Marcus Lycus" — Lycus and Pseudolus
  • "Lovely" — Philia and Hero
  • "Pretty Little Picture" — Pseudolus, Hero, and Philia
  • "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" — Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium and Lycus
  • "I'm Calm" — Hysterium
  • "Impossible" — Senex and Hero
  • "Bring Me My Bride" — Miles Gloriosus and Company
Act II
  • "That Dirty Old Man" — Domina
  • "That'll Show Him" — Philia
  • "Lovely" (reprise) — Pseudolus and Hysterium
  • "Funeral Sequence" — Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Company
  • "Finale" — Company

Notes: The song "Love Is in the Air" was originally intended as the opening number. The song was cut from the show and replaced with "Comedy Tonight". The song was later featured in the film The Birdcage (1996) and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski. Another draft of the opening number, "Invocation and Instructions to the Audience," has been used in subsequent revues of Sondheim songs and was sung by Nathan Lane in the musical The Frogs. "Pretty Little Picture" is frequently dropped from productions of the show, and one verse of "I'm Calm" is also frequently trimmed.

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