Fantasticks, The Musical Lyrics
Fantasticks, The Lyrics
Fantasticks, The musical description
The spectacle itself also included a lot of styles, from classics to techniques of modern comedy. The first production was extremely low-budget (a total of USD 0.9 thousand at the design of stage and another half a thousand for the costumes, while the usual Broadway shows demand in average for 280 times more). Producers shrank themselves to a curious USD 2.000 collectively for a full release of show, hiring only 2 or 3 people to do everything. However, it all looked quite intimate, and this has won the loyalty of viewers. So the show, which opened in 1960, was completed only in 2002 (lasting for phenomenal 42 years!), showing 17162 times. Truly brilliant result!
For all its staging, following actor were involved in it: Elliott Gould, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close & Liza Minnelli, among other celebrities.
Productions of 1961 and of 1990 were in London, the resurrection of Off-Broadway was 4 years after the closing, in 2006 and it lasted to its 50th anniversary (in 2010), and even further, to 2011. In the memory after one of its actors, a theatre was named – Jerry Orbach Theater.
Release date: 1960
Last Update:February, 24th 2016