The Fantasticks
by Harvey Schmidt
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Readers love the charm and timeless poetry of the play, finding it both beautiful to read and to watch. Many appreciate the musical elements and the engaging story of love and growth. Some feel that certain elements could use updates or that some storylines may be problematic in today's context.
Synopsis
The Fantasticks tells an age-old tale.
Its ingredients are simple: a boy, a girl, two fathers, and a wall.
Its scenery, a tattered cardboard moon, hovers over an empty wooden platform.
With these bare essentials, Jones and Schmdt launched a theatrical phenomenon unmatched the world over.
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The Fantasticks at Arena Stage
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The Fantasticks is a American play written by Harvey Schmidt and published by Hal Leonard (1981).
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REV Twentieth Anniv ed.
Hal Leonard · 1981 · 168 pp
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