The Fantasticks

 Book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt

 

Synopsis: The timeless musical about a pair of lovers, their fathers, and a wall built to separate them. A romantic, modern, "fantastical" version of the Romeo & Juliet story - with a twist!

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The Official Fantasticks web site gives the history on the play, which is the longest running off-Broadway play ever - the official web site even has a picture of the certificate from the Guiness Book of World Records to prove it.

More information can be found at The New York Theatre Experience Fantasticks page, as well as many other sites.

News Herald Reviews
The Entertainer, Jan. 5, 2001
The Entertainer, Jan. 12, 2001

 

T. Martin Hendrickson directed this show, assisted by Jeannine Waters.
 

Cast:

 The Narrator (El Gallo)  James Johnson
 The Girl (Luisa)  Sharon Sossaman Carroll
 The Boy (Matt)  Cory Canty
 The Boy's Father (Hucklebee)  Marco Andrews
 The Girl's Father (Bellomy)  Stewart Sumpton
 The Actor (Henry)  Joel Pummill
 The Man Who Dies (Mortimer)  Harry Schaeffer
 The Mute  Cindy Wujek

 Backstage and Technical crew:
 Stage Manager  Jeannine Waters
 Lighting Design  John & Margaret Webster
 Lighting Technician  Margaret Webster
 Musical Director  Sharon Sossaman Carroll
 Sound Technician  Tracy L. Hoffert
 Choreography  Nancy Moore, T. Martin Hendrickson, Sharon Sossaman Carroll, Jeannine Waters

 Others who have contributed time, labor and skills to the successful completion of this play:
 Set Design  T. Martin Hendrickson
 Set Construction  Marty Hendrickson, Tracy L. Hoffert, Annie Dombeck, Cindy Wujek, Joel Pummill, Jeannine Waters, James Mitchem, Stewart Sumpton
 Costume Design  Charles Wilson
 Costumes  Charles Wilson, Sharon Harvey
 Photography  John Webster
 Special Thanks To  Inia Jean Plumb, Sue Webb, Marie Kaminskas, the KIDS at Margaret K. Lewis Center

 
 
 
 
 


 Musical Numbers

Act One

 Overture

 The Company

 Try to Remember

 The Narrator

 Much More

 The Girl

 Metaphor

 The Boy and the Girl

 Never Say No

 The Fathers

 It Depends on
What You Pay

 The Narrator and
 the Fathers

 Soon It's Gonna Rain

 The Boy and the Girl

 Rape Ballet

 The Company

 Happy Ending

 The Company

Act Two

 This Plum is Too Ripe

 The Boy, the Girl,
 and the Fathers

 I Can See It

 The Boy and the Narrator

 Plant a Radish

 The Fathers

 Round and Round

 The Narrator, the Girl,
 and the Company

 They Were You

 The Boy and the Girl

 Try to Remember (reprise)

 The Narrator