The Fantasticks: Classic Musical Love Story at Lincoln Theatre
Lincoln Theatre (1215 U Street, NW Washington, DC 20009)
- Full Price:
- $63.00 - $77.00
- Our Price:
- $33.00 - $40.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for The Fantasticks have expired.
The last date listed for The Fantasticks was Sunday January 3, 2010 / 7:30pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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MoJoooo on What to Wear
Casual clothing is fine.
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Claudine C. on Where to Eat
Ben's Chili Bowl, everything on U Street is right there
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Metro is best, use it if possible.
Goldstar Member Reviews
kevharb
It's an odd but entertaining little play, more of an allegory than a story. The female lead is excellent and the remaining cast members are very good. The set design is good and the magic tricks incorporated into the play are outstanding.Written on Dec 03 2009
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Charles H.
An imaginitive re-incarnation of a beloved musical. Acting and singing was top notch and the musicians were great. Run, don't walk, to see this show.Written on Nov 30 2009
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Goldstar Member
GREAT seats. Thank you for an enjoyable evening.Written on Dec 14 2009
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Goldstar Member
A charming production.... We loved the addition of magic to this classic musical and were very pleased with our seats (aisle, orchestra). The Mute, Luisa, and Henry were the standout performers among a talented ensemble. Cheers to Arena for bringing a fresh perspective to "The Fantasticks"!Written on Jan 04 2010
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More Information About The Fantasticks
Website
http://www.arenastage.org/season/09-10/the-fantasticks/
Quotes & Highlights
- See a video trailer for the show and more at Arena Stage's website.
- "A delightful holiday package is waiting for you on U Street... director Amanda Dehnert and her design team have upped the theatricality of the piece in an elegant manner." --Washington Post
- "One of the most special nights of local theater in years." --ABC 7/News Channel 8
Description
Arena Stage presents an innovative take on the world’s longest- running musical, The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Director Amanda Dehnert (Oregon Shakespeare Festival‘s All’s Well That Ends Well and Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s Cabaret) and famed set designer Eugene Lee (Tony Award for Broadway’s Wicked, Candide, Sweeney Todd) take a spin on this timeless love story by staging it in Rocky Point, an abandoned amusement park in Rhode Island. This whimsical twist on the classic musical is full of buoyant humor, charming music and incredible magic that will thrill audiences of all ages.
Sebastian La Cause (Broadway’s Chicago and She Loves Me at Arena Stage) returns to Arena as the infamous El Gallo and is joined by Addi McDaniel (Off-Broadway’s The Fantasticks), Timothy Ware (national tour of Mamma Mia!), Michael Stone Forrest (Helen Hayes nominee for Sweeney Todd at Signature Theatre), Jerome Lucas Harmann (Off-Broadway’s Rio and Ton Beau Capitaine), Nate Dendy (Off-Broadway’s Underground Bound and Poof!) and Jesse Terrill (She Loves Me and Born Yesterday at Arena Stage). CenterStage associate artist Laurence O’Dwyer makes his Arena Stage debut in the role of Henry. (O’Dwyer replaced the previously announced actor
Terrence Currier, who left the production due to a family emergency.) The cast and four-piece ensemble will be led by Musical Director George Fulginiti-Shakar (Arena’s Cabaret and Damn Yankees).
The Fantasticks is a fanciful take on the traditional boy-meets-girl story. After their fathers forbid their love and build a wall to separate the two, Matt and Luisa are led by El Gallo from the wistfulness of when life was slow and oh so mellow to the reality that without a hurt the heart is hollow. Popular songs, such as Try to Remember and Soon It’s Gonna Rain, fill the score. Loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, the story is centered around youthful love and learning to face the realities the world presents.
This production will feature new elements of magic, from small sleight-of-hand tricks to large astonishing magical feats. Illusion designer Jim Steinmeyer, who has designed illusions for Barnum and Bailey Circus, David Copperfield and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, will add his brand of magic and illusion. These elements, paired with Lee’s grand set design, are a new approach to this show, which is traditionally presented as a small-scale production.
Originally premiering as a one-act musical in 1959 at Barnard College, The Fantasticks began its famous Off-Broadway run May 3, 1960 at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, where it played until January 13, 2002, a record-breaking 42 years. In 1992, The Fantasticks received a Tony Award Honor for Excellence in Theater.
About the Ticket Supplier: Arena Stage
Arena Stage today stands as a flagship American theater. Arena Stage was one of the first not-for-profit theaters in the United States, as well as a pioneer of the regional theater movement. It was the first regional theater to transfer a production to Broadway, the first invited by the U.S. State Department to tour behind the Iron Curtain, and the first to receive a Tony Award. Taking a leadership role in extending theater's horizons, Arena Stage has implemented groundbreaking policies and programs, promoting diversity in all aspects of theater, from theatergoing to production.
The Arena Stage legacy of world-class productions includes vast epics, charged dramas, rousing musicals, and probing profiles. From the monumental to the developmental, Arena Stage has helped build the canon of American theater. While they produce American classics, Arena Stage premieres new American plays and supported works in progress. They've nurtured artistic growth and engaged the community, broadening and intensifying the theatrical experience for one and all. And yet, in spite of it all, in their second half-century they see themselves as more fresh, restless and dynamic than ever.