Do n't Be Fooled by . Imitators!

receded from memory, Sondheim's
modest but more substantive musicals
will endure.

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— Reviewed by George Bulanda

Two Sondheim shows are being
staged this season at the Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts in
Clinton Township. West Side Story
will be performed 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1; 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 2, and 2:30 and 8 p.m. Sat-
urday, Oct. 3. Tickets are $30 and
$27 for students and seniors. A

Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum, starring Jo Anne
Worley, will be presented at 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13, with tickets
priced at $29, $26 (for students
and seniors) and $32 (golden
circle). For tickets, call the box
office at (810) 286 2222 or
order through Tickets PLUS at
1-800-585-3737 or on-line at

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www.ticketsplus.com .

NEW ON CD

The recent acclaimed Nathan Lane
version of Stephen Sondheim's A

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum garnered big audiences on
Broadway but suffered from lack-
adaisical musical direction.
If you're curious about how Sond-
heim is supposed to sound, you're in
luck. Rykodisc and MGM have joined
forces to re-release the original 1966
film soundtrack, now on CD for the
first time ever. Funny Thing (1962),
the first Broadway play with music
and lyrics by Sondheim — he was
lyricist for 1957's West Side Story with
music by Leonard Bernstein and for
1960's Gypsy with music by Arthur
Laurents — garnered a Tony Award
for Best Musical, and spawned the
film. The movie soundtrack of Funny
Thing is a wonderful addition to any
musical theater fan's collection.
The inimitable Zero Mostel stops
the show before it even gets started
with the raucous "Comedy Tonight."
The ensemble piece "Everybody
Ought to Have a Maid" is a wiseacre
masterpiece (Jack Gifford and Phil Sil-
vers join Mostel on that one) and who
is that caressing the lyrics to "Lovely"?
Michael Crawford? Wonder if he'll
ever amount to much on Broadway?

— Reviewed by John Godfrey
Copley News Service

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