Funny “Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Incline
a well-oiled, brilliant comic machinery on stage with all its components working together beautifully to create a laugh-riot for over two hours
April 21, 2022
a well-oiled, brilliant comic machinery on stage with all its components working together beautifully to create a laugh-riot for over two hours
At a basic level, this is the love story of three very different couples. On a deeper level, the play explores issues of queerness, gender,
Directed by the dynamic duo of Lindsey Augusta Mercer and Music Director Erin McCamley, they move the story along with joy, killer voices, strong dancers,
Mr. Chace’s villainy is perfection: exhibited clearly while still maintaining brilliant restraint, somehow making Iago even more sinister.
The actors are succeeding in exactly what the play demands: exposing the ugliness beneath carefully constructed civility.
From the beginning, the emotions are so palpable that the language almost became secondary.