The Fantasticks Is Set to Close Off Broadway in June

[elleng]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/theater/the-fantasticks-closing-off-broadway-in-june.html?

[madamesilverspurs]

1. Love that play!

And that song took on whole new levels of meaning on 9-11.


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[3catwoman3]

2. Back in 1979, while stationed...

...at Yokota Air Base outside of Tokyo, I was a member of our base amateur theatre group. One of our productions was The Fantasticks.

I was The Mute. Perfect for me, because my voice does not carry and my singing range is limited. I did not have to worry about forgetting my lines -

[Aristus]

3. I'll never forget when I found out that Jerry Orbach, the cynical, world-weary,

Brylcreemed detective/lawyer/disapproving father/etc. of the 80's and 90's was a song-and-dance man.

It changed my view of him.

I loved him without reservation until he died. What a loss.

I have his original cast 'Try To Remember' on my playlist.

Just Jerry, a piano, and a harp.

Magic...

[elleng]

4. Oh YES, Aristus, me too!

I love him in Law and Order, and I love him as a song and dance man, which is why I posted him with The Fantasticks.

[Aristus]

5. Long before I knew who Jerry Orbach was,

my dad played the Old Actor in a production of The Fantastiks, during a time in my life that can best be described as idyllic.

'Try To Remember' always reminds me of those wonderful times...

[elleng]

6. Lovely memory.

I saw the OLDE Fantastiks in NYC!

[Aristus]

7. That must have been wonderful...

[malthaussen]

8. Probably the first "original cast" album I ever owned.

I had no idea what it was about, but the soundtrack is embedded in my memory. Although I still disagree with the conclusion that "you must always leave the Wall."

I understand the latest version modifies that to "it was never about the Wall," which is a weak line, IMO.

-- Mal