The Fantasticks (Off-Broadway musical)

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The Fantasticks is a long-running Off-Broadway musical, famed for its minimalist staging and enduring songs like "Try to Remember," that became a landmark of American musical theatre.

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instanceOf American musical ⓘ
Off-Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awarded Special Tony Award (1991) for Excellence in Theatre ⓘ
basedOn Les Romanesques ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Edmond Rostand ⓘ
bookWriter Tom Jones ⓘ
broadwayRevival 2006 Broadway revival ⓘ
broadwayRevivalClosingYear 2007 ⓘ
broadwayRevivalOpeningYear 2006 ⓘ
centralTheme coming of age ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ
parents and children ⓘ
young love ⓘ
character Bellomy ⓘ
El Gallo ⓘ
Henry ⓘ
Hucklebee ⓘ
Luisa ⓘ
Matt ⓘ
Mortimer ⓘ
The Mute ⓘ
composer Harvey Schmidt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation landmark of American musical theatre ⓘ
famousOpeningNumber Try to Remember ⓘ
filmAdaptation The Fantasticks (1995 film) ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2000 ⓘ
genre comic musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
romantic musical ⓘ
influenced American musical theatre ⓘ
knownFor intimate staging ⓘ
poetic, allegorical storytelling ⓘ
small cast ⓘ
language English ⓘ
licensingPopularity widely produced by schools and community theatres ⓘ
lyricist Tom Jones ⓘ
narratorCharacter El Gallo ⓘ
notableFeature longest-running Off-Broadway musical ⓘ
longest-running musical in history at one time ⓘ
notableSong I Can See It ⓘ
Much More ⓘ
Soon It’s Gonna Rain ⓘ
They Were You ⓘ
Try to Remember ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
orchestrationStyle minimal ⓘ
originalInstrument harp ⓘ
piano ⓘ
originalOffBroadwayRunEnd 2002 ⓘ
originalOffBroadwayRunStart 1960 ⓘ
originalOffBroadwayVenue Sullivan Street Playhouse ⓘ
originalProductionType Off-Broadway ⓘ
premiereBorough Manhattan ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1960-05-03 ⓘ
premiereLocation Sullivan Street Playhouse ⓘ
premiereNeighborhood Greenwich Village ⓘ
prop cardboard moon ⓘ
cardboard sun ⓘ
setDesign simple wooden platform ⓘ
stagingStyle minimalist ⓘ
structure prologue and two acts ⓘ
targetVenueScale small theatres ⓘ

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Frederic Forrest → notableWork → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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The Fantasticks → filmAdaptation → The Fantasticks (1995 film) ⓘ
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Jean Louisa Kelly → performedIn → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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Try to Remember → partOf → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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Try to Remember → fromMusical → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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Try to Remember → firstPerformanceWork → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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Try to Remember → openingNumberOf → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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Anthony Fedorov → performedIn → The Fantasticks ⓘ
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