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The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play The Romancers ( Les Romanesques ) by Edmond Rostand , concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud.
Jones was also the author of Making Musicals: An Informal Introduction to the World of Musical Theater, [5] about which Elyse Sommer wrote on January 15, 1998 in CurtainUp: Extremely well organized and packed with interesting information, the first half of the book deals in broad and general terms with the growth and development of the American ...
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018 [1]) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator.He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002.
Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95. Jones’ son Michael told The New York Times the ...
Tom Jones -- the lyricist, director and writer of the longest-running musical of all time, The Fantasticks -- has died. He was 95. Jones died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. His son ...
Tom Jones, the lyricist, director and writer of “The Fantasticks,” the longest-running musical in history, has died. Jones died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut, according to Dan ...
The Fantasticks is a 2000 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie (his final film to be released before his death the following year). The screenplay by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is based on their record-breaking off-Broadway production of the same name, which ran for 17,162 performances (and was subsequently revived off-Broadway).
“Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days.