NewsPHOTO CALL: The Fantasticks Celebrates 20,000th Performance Off-BroadwayThe musical phenomenon The Fantasticks celebrated its 20,000th Off-Broadway performance September 15. Writer Tom Jones and other special guests were on hand for the milestone.
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The Fantasticks Celebrates 20,000th Performance Off-Broadway
The Fantasticks Celebrates 20,000th Performance Off-Broadway
The musical phenomenon The Fantasticks celebrated its 20,000th Off-Broadway performance September 15. Writer Tom Jones and other special guests were on hand for the milestone. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Ali Ewoldt and Jim Schubin from The Fantasticks
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Tom Jones
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Catherine Russell and Al Parinello
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Daniel Marcus, Daniel Rowan, Ali Ewoldt, Macintyre Dixon, Allan Snyder, Tom Jones, Rita Markova, Jim Schubin, Michael Nostrand, Joseph Dellger and Tom Flagg from The Fantasticks
Brandon Goins and Anthony Wilkinson from My Big Gay Italian Funeral
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Kristin Guerin, David Rosenberg and Chandler Smith from Piggy Nation The Musical
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Chad Kessler, Brian Patrick Murphy, Brandon Goins, Beth Dzuricky, Hugh Hysell, Marie Fontaine, Kim Marco Pirrella, Debra Toscano, Sonia Blangiardo, Marissa Perry, Meagan Robar, Anthony Wilkinson and Sandra Holte from My Big Gay Italian Funeral
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Marti Morris, George Lee Andrews and Jennifer Lee Andrews
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Karen Murphy
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Marissa Perry, Debra Toscano and Meagan Robar from My Big Gay Italian Funeral
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Catherine Russell from Perfect Crime
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Edward Watts
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Tracy Zhao, Catherine Russell and Xiuhan Hu
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Ali Ewoldt and Jim Schubin from The Fantasticks
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Jim Schubin, Tom Jones and Ali Ewoldt from The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks is the world's longest-running musical, having played a record-breaking run of more than 17,000 performances in Greenwich Village. Harvey Schmidt wrote the music, and Tom Jones penned the book and lyrics.
Book writer and lyricist Jones staged the revival of The Fantasticks, which has choreography by Janet Watson. Robert Felstein is the musical director/pianist and Jacqueline Kerrod is the harpist.
The Fantasticks originally opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in May 1960 and closed Jan. 13, 2002. The original company included Wedding Singer star Rita Gardner and the late Jerry Orbach.
The Fantasticks resumed performances Off-Broadway at the Snapple Theater Center's Jerry Orbach Theater June 16, 2008. The Fantasticks is produced by Al Parinello and Catherine Russell.
Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre.
