Schmidt: The Fantasticks
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HARVEY SCHMIDT
Schmidt: The Fantasticks
Jerry Orbach, Rita Gardner / Original 1960 Cast
[ Decca / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 17 May 2000
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The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud.
The show's original off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years (until 2002) and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical.[1] The musical was produced by Lore Noto. It was awarded Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre in 1991. The poetic book and breezy, inventive score, including such familiar songs as "Try to Remember", helped make the show durable. Many productions followed, as well as television and film versions. The Fantasticks has become a staple of regional, community and high school productions since its premiere, with approximately 250 new productions each year. It is played with a small cast, two- to three-person orchestra and minimalist set design.
Tracks:
Act I
Overture
"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" (or, with an option offered later, "Abduction Ballet") - Company
"Happy Ending" - Company
Act II
"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
