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Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Friedman-Abeles photograph collection

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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

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Original cast. [1962]

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, original Broadway production

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Title
Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Names
Friedman-Abeles (Firm) (Photographer)
Collection

Friedman-Abeles photograph collection

Productions

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

Original cast. [1962]

Negatives

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1962 (Inferred)
Place: New York City, New York
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-VIM 1992-013
Shelf locator: Box 89, folder 2
Topics
Sondheim, Stephen. Funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Musicals
Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977
Gilford, Jack
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Creation/production credits: Music and lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim; Book by: Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart
Physical Description
Negatives
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19936079
MSS Unit ID: 22538
Negative number: P8
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8fa8dd10-cbf8-0136-2774-00d7f919f27a
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Item timeline of events

  • 1962: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1962. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a719afa0-cbf8-0136-fd02-2d87af53f6ed

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 27, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a719afa0-cbf8-0136-fd02-2d87af53f6ed

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1962). Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a719afa0-cbf8-0136-fd02-2d87af53f6ed

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Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford in the 1962 stage production A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum