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Published April 16, 2008 06:46 pm - WEEKENDER- April 18, 2008 - COVER STORY A funny thing happens in Saybrook ‘Forum’ opens tonight for Lakeside romp By ROBERT LEBZELTER- Special Sections Editor-bobleb@starbeacon.com Star Beacon SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP — Chris D’Itri can’t stop laughing, just thinking about it.
He chuckles as he talks about “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” which he directs and opens tonight at Lakeside High School Auditorium. “God I’m excited about this. It is so funny,” D’Itri said. It’s the inaugural production of the Lakeside Performing Arts Community Theater. “If this goes well, we will continue,” he says, “depending on what kind of turnout we get.” “It’s been 12 years since it has been done in Ashtabula,” D’Itri said. “This time of year people have the blahs, they are tired of winter. We decided to do something to put a smile on their faces,” he said. The play runs tonight through Sunday and April 25-27 at 8 p.m. “Forum” opened on Broadway on May 8, 1962. Zero Mostel starred, after Phil Silvers and Milton Berle turned down the role. Silvers didn’t want to be on stage without his glasses. Mostel revived his role in the 1966 movie. The musical centers on the people of three houses in ancient Rome. In one lives a slave, Pseudolus, who is willing to buy, win or steal his freedom. In an adjacent home is Marcus Lycus, who buys and sells beautiful women. In the third home is Erronius, who searches for his long-lost kids, who were stolen by pirates. People swap identifies, men are in drag, there are mistaken identifies, before the inevitable happy ending. The cast includes Michael Riffe as Pseulous, Mike Breeze as Hysterium and others, including Mark Pendleton, Geoff Griggs, Jenny Walsh, Connor O’Brien, Katie Treden, Jim Rudisill and Rich Werman. 
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