'By the mid-60s Mostel would be in greater demand than any star on Broadway; in 1968 the *Times* critic estimated him as possibly "America's greatest actor." "Old friends," who for years had been out when he phoned, lined up to congratulate him after the first night of *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*, when it was clear that he had emerged from the blacklist era to new success and prestige. They had qualified for his blacklist and he had them shown out.' (p. 238)
Michael Hoover