A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Playbill Nathan Lane at the St. James Theatre This performance, featured the production's original cast including Lane as Pseudolus, Mark Linn-Baker of "Perfect Strangers" fame as Hysterium, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Ernie Sabella as Lycus. So, you literally have Timon and Pumba from the original animated The Lion King together again in this show. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Playbill Nathan Lane at the St. James Theatre This performance, featured the production's original cast including Lane as Pseudolus, Mark Linn-Baker of "Perfect Strangers" fame as Hysterium, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Ernie Sabella as Lycus. So, you literally have Timon and Pumba from the original animated The Lion King together again in this show.