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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The Fantasticks, Original Revival Cast, Off-Broadway (2006)

Cast: Burke Moses (The Narrator (El Gallo)), Santino Fontana (The Boy (Matt)), Betsy Morgan (The Girl (Luisa)), Leo Burmester (The Boy's Father (Hucklebee)), Martin Vidnovic (The Girl's Father (Bellomy)), Thomas Bruce (The Old Actor (Henry)), Robert R. Oliver (The Man Who Dies (Mortimer)), Douglas Ullman, Jr. (The Mute)
For more information, see The Fantasticks official site.

I've loved the musical The Fantasticks for years and I've seen some pretty good productions, but had never seen the run Off-Broadway and was excited to hear that it was going back to New York Off-Broadway. We saw the understudy (Betsy Morgan) for The Girl (Luisa) and she was amazing.

I was very pleased with the entire cast except for Santino Fontana who seemed bored and was often off key. I was really impressed that Betsy never went sharp to try to get him to go back to the right key. I know that can be difficult.

Douglas Ullman, Jr. was great as The Mute. When I read that he was going to be replacing Santino Fontana as The Boy (Matt), I was a bit bummed that we had seen it before he replaced Santino Fontana. Douglas seemed to be very happy to be in the cast and looked like he was enjoying himself. I'm sure he'll do a much better job as Matt.

I highly recommend seeing The Fantasticks in the new Off-Broadway run. The theatre is intimate and the cast is amazing. The show is still wonderful and if you haven't seen a good production of it, now is the time. Even if you have, think about checking out the revival of the show.

Grade: B+

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