THE FANTASTICKS at Kelsey Theatre

Theater To Go  and  Kelsey Theatre present  THE FANTASTICKS, a musical for anyone who has loved or been loved.

Theater to Go in partnership with Kelsey Theatre  presents the world’s longest running musical THE FANTASTICKS by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. The play will run from February 3-12 at Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor NJ on the campus of Mercer County Community College. Tickets are $22-24 and can be purchased online at KelseyTheatre.net or by calling 609 570 3333

The original production of THE FANTASICKS opened on May 3 1960 at the Sullivan St Playhouse in NYC. It ran for 42 years and over 17,000 performances before finally closing in 2006. Beloved for all those years and beyond, it has brought us such wonderful songs as Try To Remember, and Soon It’s Gonna Rain

THE FANTASTICKS, narrated by the mystical and gallant El Gallo, is a timeless story focusing on two young lovers, their meddling parents and the journey we all must take through the highs of adolescent passions, the agonies of heartbreak and the hurts of betrayal … to discover how to truly love

The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. It is a story of love, independence, illusion and excitement which at the heart of every budding romance,

El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."

THE FANTASTICKS is directed by RUTH MARKOE, with Musical Direction by SUE DEN OUTER. The  ensemble features MATT LAFARGUE as El Gallo and JAMES ZIMMERMAN as The Mute both of whom guide the action. CHRISTINA FREEMAN and THOMAS WICK play Luisa and Matt, the love-struck neighbors. Their meddling fathers Hucklebee and Bellomy are played by TOM CHIOLA and JIM MORRIS Rounding out the cast are BILL AGRESS and BARRY LEONARD as the itinerant Actors.

Theater To Go, under the leadership of Ruth Markoe, began in 1992 and has been providing quality entertainment in NJ and regionally since then. It is best known for audience participation murder mysteries and other interactive comedy theater however has expanded to include full length plays and staged readings. In addition to the interactive comedy murder mysteries, Theatre To Go has been among the resident companies at Kelsey Theatre producing such plays as To Kill a Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, Room Service, Cabaret, and Dial M for Murder.  T2G has been working with playwright Mark Violi to develop his historical drama ROEBLING: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge which played to sold out audiences in 2016, and produced his World War II drama Riding The Comet at the 2107 NYC Theater Festival Summerfest.  

DATES:          Fridays, February 3 & 10 at 8pm

Saturdays February 4 & 11 at 8pm

Sundays February 5 & 12 at 2pm

LOCATION:    KELSEY THEATRE

1200 Old Trenton Rd.

West Windsor NJ 08550

COST:             $22-24

TICKETS:       www.KelseyTheatre.org  or 609 570-3333

Authors

• Edmond Rostand
• Harvey Schmidt
• Tom Jones