The Fantasticks
Sullivan Street Playhouse
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: May 3, 1960
Closing Night: January 13, 2002
Music: Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics: Tom Jones
Book: Tom Jones
The Fantasticks is a captivating and simple romantic comedy about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall. The audience uses its imagination to follow El Gallo as he creates a world of moonlight and magic, and then pain and disillusionment, until the boy and girl find their way back to one other.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Overture……………………………………………Orchestra
Try to Remember……………….El Gallo, Luisa, Matt,
Hucklebee, Bellomy
Much More……………………………………………….Luisa
Metaphor…………………………………………Matt, Luisa
Never Say No………………………Hucklebee, Bellomy
It Depends On What You Pay………………..El Gallo,
Hucklebee,
Bellomy
Soon It’s Gonna Rain…………………………Matt, Luisa
Rape Ballet………………………………………….Company
Happy Ending……………………………………..Company
Act Two
This Plum Is Too Ripe………………………Matt, Luisa,
Hucklebee, Bellomy
I Can See It………………………………….Matt, El Gallo
Plant a Radish……………………..Bellomy, Hucklebee
Round and Round…………El Gallo, Luisa, Company
They Were You………………………………..Matt, Luisa
Try to Remember (Reprise)…………………….El Gallo
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