The Fantasticks
The Cape Playhouse 2022 season closed with Schmidt and Jones’ timeless classic, The Fantasticks. The musical was directed by me, with Music Direction by Dan Pardo and with a wonderful cast featuring David Hughey, Rebekkah Vega-Romero, Levin Valayil, Eric Michael Gillette, William T. Evans, Christopher Gurr, Jonathan Spivey and Charity Van Tassel, who also served as choreographer.
The show received a rave by the Cape Cod Times, saying “The Fantasticks' lives up to its name… see it for the fun of its poetry, with snap-your-fingers lines tuned into the beat rhythms of the late 1950s. See this production for its unique stage design, set off with sparkling lights and lava-lamp colors of purple, blue, red and glowing fuchsia. Enjoy the simple, familiar score that will tug your memory. But most of all, see it — or rather, hear it — just for the bliss of savoring a cast of phenomenal voices, each topping the one before.”
It was a wonderful way to close the 97th season at the Playhouse.