Anybody's enjoyment of the 1962 Stephen Sondheim/Burt Shevelove/Larry Gelbart musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum depends largely on the actor playing Pseudolus, the lie-spouting slave and comedy motor at the center of the show. Zero Mostel originated the role " did anyone have a bigger comic motor than Zero? " Phil Silvers played it in 1972 and Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg took turns in…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 11:00AM on October 12, 2010