It was in Washington, history records, that Stephen Sondheim made the crucial change that sent "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Forum" to Broadway as one of the pillars of American musical farce. Realizing that audiences were not plugging in to the show's cheeky burlesque, he dashed off a new opening number here ""Comedy Tonight" " and, lo and behold, theatergoers took the cue and began to roar. Read full articl…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PM on December 4, 2013