Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Try To Remember: The Fantasticks

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Try To Remember: The Fantasticks

Originally produced by Zeitgeist Films in 2003

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Eight times a week, from 1960 to 2002, the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City{u2019}s Greenwich Village played midwife to a musical theater ritual that attracted theater-goers from across the globe. That show was the legendary and beloved Fantasticks, and for 42 years and 17,162 performances, a legion of performers{u2014}including future luminaries such as F. Murray Abraham, Ricardo Montalban, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Richard Chamberlain and John Carradine{u2014}played out its sweetly timeless boy-meets-girl tale. On the eve of The Fantasticks{u2019} final Off-Broadway performance, documentary filmmaker Eli Kabillio takes a wistful look back at the show{u2019}s genesis, its creators and, above all, its continued worldwide popularity

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