NEW YORK (AP) β The off-Broadway phenomenon “The Fantasticks” will end its fantastic run this summer.
Producers of the stalwart, low-tech show said Wednesday the musical will close May 3, the 55th anniversary of the show’s opening in 1960. It will have run 20,672 performances in two city venues.
The tale, a mock version of “Romeo and Juliet,” concerns a young girl and boy, secretly brought together by their fathers and an assortment of odd characters, including a rakish narrator, an old actor, an Indian named Mortimer and a mute.
Scores of actors have appeared in the show, from the opening cast that included Jerry Orbach and Rita Gardner, to stars such as Ricardo Montalban and Kristin Chenoweth to Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham.
