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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.
The book's fictional author, Newt Scamander, does not appear in the main Harry Potter book series. However, his name is seen on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film. [4] He is the central character of the Fantastic Beasts film series, in which he is played by Eddie Redmayne.
Rick Brant is a series of science-themed adventure and mystery novels following the eponymous character. There are 24 books, all credited to John Blaine, a pseudonym for Harold L. Goodwin and, for the first three books, co-author Peter J. Harkins.
The original production of The Fantasticks, in the small 150-seat theatre, spawned a run that lasted more than forty years and for 17,162 performances. [3] In 1961, Baker directed the musical's West End production, which opened to mixed reviews. The only Broadway production that Baker directed was as a replacement in 1962 for the show A Family ...
Newt is the author of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is used as a textbook by Harry Potter and his classmates. Throughout the film series, Newt Scamander is portrayed by Eddie Redmayne. [2] In Crimes of Grindelwald, a young Newt Scamander is portrayed by Joshua Shea.
This category is not for articles on individual books, but for articles describing a series as a whole. Individual novels which are part of a series should instead be categorised in their own sub-category. Fantasy series of books which are not novels, e.g. short stories, should be categorised in the parent category Category:Fantasy books by series.