Santa Monica College Theatre students rehearse a scene from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” during dress-rehearsal on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at SMC's Main Stage. The show opens Friday, October 12 and runs through Sunday, October 21. Broadway's greatest farce is the perfect escape from life's troubles! Combining situations from 2000 year old Plautus comedies with the energy of classic vaudeville results in a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan for his young master, in exchange for freedom.  Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold S. Prince