The Arts & Science Center Presents THE FANTASTIKS!, 9/22 - 25

The Arts and Science Center will be presenting The Fantastiks! from September 22 through the 24th, at 7:30 pm and on September 25 at 2 pm..

The Fantasticks is a 1960s musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It was produced by Lore Noto. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud and erecting a wall between their houses. The fathers then hire traveling actors to stage a mock abduction, so that Matt can heroically seem to save Luisa, settling the supposed feud and securing their fathers' blessings (which of course the young lovers have really had all along). After the children discover the deception, they reject the arranged love match. Each goes off to experience the wider world. They return to each other bruised but enlightened by their journeys, realizing that they have always been in love, and renew their vows with more maturity. Elements of the play are ultimately drawn from the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, its story winding its way through Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore and Rostand's play.

The show's original off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical. 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 this show so durable.

Individual Ticket Prices are $11-$15

Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas is located at 701 Main Street Pine Bluff, AR 71601

For further information, please call: 870-536-3375 or visit: http://www.artssciencecenter.org/

 

 

 

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