What do you give to the person with everything? The Jerry Orbach Theater (1627 Broadway), home to the longest running musical in the world, The Fantasticks, believes the best present might be the magic of theater as they announces a first of its kind "SEAT OWNERSHIP AT The Fantasticks" program. Much like the subscription style table sharing system that is employed at the world famous NYC restaurant RAO's where loyal customers have their own tables, fans of the show will be able to choose their seat of choice for any 12 performances throughout one year's time, specially designated with a plaque on that seat. Subscribers will be able to transfer tickets to friends or family or co-workers, should they choose. The subscription fee is $500.
"There are a number of Fantasticks fans who come to see the show again and again - so often that they have become part of The Fantasticks family," says producer Catherine Russell. "One Fantasticks fan - Bob Pelka - saw the show at the Jerry Orbach Theater 54 times before he died in 2013 so we have named Seat A110 in honor of him. Much like the tables at Rao's, we'd love give our biggest supporters and fans their own place in the Jerry Orbach Theater. The cost of the seat is less than the cost of seeing the show multiple times and the theater will be filled with the names of people we love."
A modern twist on Romeo and Juliet,
The Fantasticks (music by
Harvey Schmidt, book, lyrics, and direction by
Tom Jones) is the quintessential story of a boy and girl who fall in love and then quickly grow apart when they realize they want to experience the world. What follows is a hilarious and heartwarming story for all ages. The score, which includes the hit songs "Try To Remember", "Soon It's Gonna Rain" and "They Were You", is as timeless as the story itself.
Hailed as "A Gem" by The Wall Street Journal,
The Fantasticks is not only the "perfect first musical for any child to see" (amNewYork), but
The Fantasticks at The Theater Center is the definitive way to see the show.
The play has become a true New York institution. For many people, seeing
The Fantasticks when visiting New York is as important as seeing The Statue of Liberty or The Empire State Building. In fact, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg attended the New Year's Eve performance of the show before ringing in 2008 in Times Square. In 1992
The Fantasticks won The Tony Award for Excellence and remains the only Off-Broadway show ever to have won a Tony.
The cast of
The Fantasticks features
Michael Halling as the Narrator (El Gallo),
Daniel Berryman as The Boy (Matt),
Samantha Bruce as The Girl (Luisa),
William Thomas Evans as The Boy's Father (Hucklebee),
Philip Hoffman as The Girl's Father (Bellomy),
MacIntyre Dixon as The Old Actor (Henry),
Michael Nostrand as The Man Who Dies (Mortimer) and Drew Seigla as The Mute. The production also features
Dave Schoonover,
Tom Flagg and
Madison Claire Parks.
Robert Felstein is the Musical Director / Pianist and Marge Fitts is the Harpist. Production Stage Manager is
Paul Blankenship and the Assistant Stage Manager is Earlye Rhodes.
Performances of
The Fantasticks are on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at 8PM, Wednesdays at 2PM, Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM and Sundays at 3PM & 7:30PM.
Tickets to
The Fantasticks are priced at $76.50 and can be purchased by calling the box office at
(212) 921-7862, by logging onto
www.Ticketmaster.com or by visiting the Snapple Theater Center box office. A limited number of premium front row seats are available for each performance priced at $126.50.
THE FANTASTICKS plays in The
Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center, 210 West 50th Street at Broadway. The box office phone number is (212) 921-7862.
www.SnappleTheater.com.
