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‘On the Way to the Forum’ on the Way: Officials from the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the La Jolla Playhouse announced Tuesday that they will collaborate on a revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” The 1962 “Forum,” with the book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart and the first musical to have score and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, will play for six weeks at the Playhouse’s 492-seat Mandell Weiss Theatre (July 3 to Aug. 12) and two weeks at the 2,996-seat Center (Aug. 17-26). Des McAnuff, artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse, will direct. No cast has been announced.