A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Summary

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,309 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's composer is recorded as Stephen Sondheim[4].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's librettist is recorded as Burt Shevelove[5].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's librettist is recorded as Larry Gelbart[6].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's Commons category is recorded as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum[7].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Pseudolus[9].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Hero[10].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Philia[11].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Hysterium[12].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Senex[13].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Domina[14].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Marcus Lycus[15].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Miles Gloriosus[16].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Erronius[17].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Gymnasia[18].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Tintinabula[19].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Vibrata[20].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Geminae[21].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Panacea[22].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's characters is recorded as Proteans[23].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Sondheim[24].
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum's form of creative work is recorded as musical[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 06b4799e-109c-4221-95d7-2aa6606456ae[27]

Why It Matters

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ranks in the top 4% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,309 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum
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