'The Fantasticks' Plays Final Performance February 24

The Off-Broadway musical revival of The Fantasticks will play its final performance on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 7PM at the Snapple Theatre Center's Jerry Orbach Theater (210 West 50th).  Written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, The Fantasticks will have played 27 preview and 628 regular performances.

"A classic coming-of-age story, The Fantasticks tells the story of a young boy and girl who fall madly in love at the hands of their meddling fathers. Featuring the beloved songs 'Try to Remember' and 'Soon It's Gonna Rain,' The Fantasticks is a celebration of love-first love, lost love and true love," explain press notes.

The Fantasticks has delighted people across the world.  Audiences have enjoyed 11,103 productions in over 3,000 cities and towns throughout the United States.  Internationally, more than 700 productions have been staged in 68 nations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, and beyond.  The beloved musical love story originally opened at New York's Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3, 1960 and played 17,162 performances before closing January 13, 2002, making it the world's longest running musical.

The new production of The Fantasticks opened on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at New York's Snapple Theater under the direction of its co-creator Tom Jones.

The Fantasticks stars Julie Craig as "Luisa," John Deyle as "Hucklebee," Burke Moses as "El Gallo," Jordan Nichols as "The Mute," Robert R. Oliver as "Mortimer," Nick Spangler as "Matt," William Tost as "Henry" and Martin Vidnovic as "Bellomy."  The cast also features Tom Flagg, Stuart Marland and Liz Holtan.

Produced by Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Thomas Viertel, The Fantasticks features scenic and costume design by Ed Wittstein, lighting design by Mary Jo Dondlinger, sound design by Domonic Sack and musical staging by Janet Watson.

The Fantasticks plays at the Snapple Theater Center's Jerry Orbach Theater (210 West 50th Street at Broadway).  Tickets are $76, with a special $36 ticket price for selected seating on Sunday evening performances, and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com at (212) 307-4100.

The playing schedule for The Fantasticks is as follows: Monday at 8 pm, Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday at 2 pm, Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm and 7 pm.  For more information, please visit www.fantasticksonbroadway.com.