All Comments on 'A Funny Thing Happened...'

Brilliant tale, really enjoyed it. Best of luck in the competition. And welcome back to Lit.

and interestingly different. Ignore the Anonymous berk, he doesn't know what he's talking about

I was Pseudolus in my high school's production of Forum my Junior year (1973-74), and your story brought back many great memories: My unrequited lust for our Gymnasia, My dating both of the Gemini (although not at the same time, darnit!!), and the many friendships, some of which continue to this day ("Lycus" was my Best Man in 2007, and his three kids and my three kids (from my first marriage) basically all grew up together. One of the Gemini is still one of my dearest friends, and attended both of my weddings. I sang at hers. And, after I finish posting this comment, I will be emailing a lovely woman who calls me her Pseudolus - and who I call My Philia - to tell her about this story.

Thanks for the story. The sex in it was the nost real and heartfelt that I've ever read in my years of perusing Literotica.

-Rei

Beautifully done. Witty, good character development, excellent overall pacing. Five stars, and I'm a bit stingy with those.

I don't normally read eight-page stories, but this one reeled me in, and I'm glad I did. You have a deft touch with dialogue, and some of the lines were absolutely hysterical. You have obviously spent some time -- a lot of time -- in the theater. The details are just terrific, and took me back to my days in high school drama, which was by far the most fun I had during that period of my life. And the protracted seduction scene was Grade A, blue-ribbon erotica, hot and steamy, but not the least bit pornographic. I have just a couple of things in the way of constructive criticism. First, break up some of your copy blocks into shorter paragraphs; it'll read a little better. Second, I noticed a few typos; there weren't a lot and they didn't affect the story, but they were noticeable. Finally, a paragraph or two at the end to see if they lived happily ever after would have been nice. Unless you plan a sequel... Five stars -- hell, five times five stars!

back in the early 60's. Plautus is funny as hell, even in the original (which I could read back then).

I didn't give a shit!

One star.

Great character development and laugh-out-loud dialogue. Fantastic, thank you.

The slow build-up and hilarious dialogue had me wishing I could read faster while simultaneously wanting to take my time so I wouldn't miss a word. Sexy and funny - a winning combination.

...and i'm pretty sure no other Literotica story has done that. And it was on Sim's Magesty of Nature speech at the end, exactly where you should get me. Wonderful story. Slow, but consistently slow and leasurely the whole way, so we get to enjoy the journey. Sim was a very well developed character, real and unique, and you squeezed in a lot of great detail on both the theatre world and my favorite musical without the feeling of an "info dump." Good luck!

...seemed to be at least loosely-based on Jack Gilford (the actor who played Hysterium in both the original Broadway production and the film).

Thanks to everyone for the comments. I'm delighted that this one has reminded people of their own experiences watching and/or performing FORUM. And a quick response to the last comment: Jack is based on a couple of actors I worked with, one of whom was indeed Hysterium the second time I did the show, but neither of whom was Jack Guilford.

Thank you for this story - you have a wonderful use of language and a delicate touch in your character building. It gives the impression you have a genuine love for the theatre as well as a flair for writing about it and I thoroughly enjoyed every chapter.

This totally deserves all the praise it has received.

I read this on the advice of a friend who told me he thought I would love it. Oh man, was he right! The characters ring true and you seem to easily avoid making them caricatures of theater people.

It was also a novelty to read about a man being affected by a negative throw-away comment. It happens all the time, we (society) just don't think of it happening to men. You did an excellent job on showing how that can erode a persons confidence.

I have to admit for a few paragraphs, I was worried that the story was going to end with a 4way. While those can be fun to read, it would have seriously disappointed me. However, you finished the story with the same talent you displayed throughout. Well done.

After years of periodic check-ins to the site, I had almost given up hope that there would ever be another submission on Lit from Quince, the author of two of my top five favorite stories here.

Yet here it is, and it's terrific!

Having done a little college theater and hung around with some of the drama crowd, I loved the backstage view in this story. And, as usual with Quince, the humor was well timed and made this far more than just a superior erotic offering.

Here's hoping for even more to come.

Wow. Wow. WOW!

I would pay through my nose to read stories this good more often. I don't know who you are, Mister Quince ('which they ate with a runcible spoon'), but you are seven kinds of impossibly good and at least twelve kinds of wonderful.

WOW.

I laughed so hard! The characters are all wrong for me, a tall and confident girl and an older and shorter guy- doesn't resonate with a pocket sized person like me, but I could not tear myself away from the story. Not for a bit, not an inch.

This is brilliant. You're brilliant. The story's amazing and the narration is flawless and I am practically raving.

Encore! Once more!

and the glimpse of the actors as they slip into and out of character (and each other).

Kethandra knocked me over with a feather by her Nudity is For the Birds story.

She listed you as one of her favorite authors.

Lucky me!

So...is Ginny based on a real woman?

And can I marry her? :+)))

Fabulous theatre details.

Quinn, you are too good a writer for this. As much as I may enjoy reading them (and I do, obviously), you're wasting your talents writing Literotica stories and not publishing professionally.

Thoroughly enjoyed your story! Thanks very much for writing and sharing it.

...there is no such word as "shinny". Shiny, yes; shinny, no.

shinny 1 |ˈSHinē|

verb (shinnies, shinnying, shinnied) North American

another term for shin: he loved to shinny up that tree.

I usually try to leave specific feedback - what I liked or what I didn't. But it's late and maybe I'll have more things to say later, but for right now all I have is - wonderful!

I tried but the first page did nothing for me so I quit. I do love good stories, but if you don’t get my attention in the first page, I’m out.

I really loved that staged little rehearsal. It was funny and lighthearted, it was sexy and just so full of the joy of life.

The whole story was great. Good story building, great characters, the pacing worked well... focused and tightly written.

Honestly, this story was very well done...

Now I'm going to have to read the rest of your stuff..

In a list of the top thousand things I care even a little about, musical theater wouldn’t show up. I made it through the first page and bailed. Just not my kind of story, but thanks anyway.

Great dialogue between the characters and a true representation of musical theatre. Very hot and good characters! I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

I’ve never commented on here before. Never know what to say.

Now I have to though. Wow!

I love everything about this. What’s not to love? Romance, steamy scenes, and deftly sketched musical theater actors (not to mention their characters!) made for the most memorable story I’ve read here.

Thanks!

I can't believe some people bailed on this story at the beginning. This may be the best written story I have read on this site. Such a great connection to the theater that the stories were totally believable. Wonderful dialogue, romantic sex (the best kind) with likable characters. Wish I could write like this., but what you have is rare. When I read a story written by a man as a woman character, I've always had a problem with it. Not this time. That is not easy to do.

Thanks.

Wow, a porn story that actually touch my old, cynical heart. Well done.