Charles West Joins THE FANTASTICKS June 18-26

Charles West, whose credits include the Broadway productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Show Boat and who is currently understudying the role of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, will assume that role for twelve performances from June 18 through June 26, 2011. Edward Watts returns from vacation and reassumes the role beginning June 27.

The announcement was made today by Terzetto LLC, Pat Flicker Addiss and MARS Theatricals (Amy Danis and Mark Johannes), producers of The Fantasticks.

A modern twist on Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks is the quintessential story of boy and girl sweethearts who go out into the world and discover that with love comes responsibility, with independence comes danger, and with experience comes joy. The score, which includes the hit songs "Try To Remember", "They Were You" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain", is as timeless as the story itself.

Charles West appeared on Broadway in The Scarlet Pimpernel (cast recording), Cyrano the Musical and Show Boat at Carnegie Hall. Other credits include the 1st national tour of Miss Saigon as Chris and the West Side Story European tour as Tony. Regional credits include South Pacific, My Fair Lady, The Music Man and Side by Side by Sondheim.

The Fantasticks company also includes Edward Watts (Broadway's Finian's Rainbow), Bill Bateman (Broadway's Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, Hello, Dolly!), Matt Dengler (Broadway's A Little Night Music), MacIntyre Dixon (Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters, 1776, Prelude to a Kiss), Tom Flagg (Broadway's Will Rogers Follies, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Oklahoma!), Matt Leisy (St. Louis Rep's The History Boys), Anne Markt, Michael Nostrand (A&E's Emmy Award-winning Peter Pan, national tours of Jelly's Last Jam, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Dan Sharkey (Broadway's The Music Man, Show Boat) and Juliette Trafton (Christine in the national tour of Phantom of the Opera).

The Fantasticks plays at The Snapple Theater Center's Jerry Orbach Theater (210 West 50th Street at Broadway) on Mondays at 8PM, Tuesdays at 8PM, Wednesdays at 2PM, Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM and Sundays at 3PM & 7:30PM.
Tickets for The Fantasticks are available by calling the box office at (212) 921-7862 or by visiting Ticketmaster.com.

www.FantasticksOnStage.com