The Fantasticks On Broadway Live Blog

Ray!

2011-10-21T21:16:00.000-04:00

M-I-L...

L-I-E...

M-O-U-S-E!

Love you!! So good!!

Fantastic Fantastiks!

2011-10-15T16:10:00.000-04:00

A great way to spend the afternoon in New York on a beautiful Fall day!

What an amazing show!

2011-10-02T17:15:00.000-04:00

How great to see THE FANTASTICKS again -- I loved every second of it!

--Michael R.

OLd guys

2011-09-30T22:12:00.001-04:00

that was good, very good, job old guys rocked!

2011-09-24T21:16:00.001-04:00

I saw this play many times while I was growing up in Greenwich Village. Its a wonderful trip down Memory Lane to see it again as an adult, with my daughter. Its still kind of magical....

A magical night!

2011-09-18T21:46:00.002-04:00

It was a magical night for me indeed! Not only did I get to see one of the best and most lovely musicals I've ever seen, it was also magical because in fact I was a few bucks short and this most wonderful lady just gave me $5 so I get to see "The Fantastiks"! I didn't get your name, but I will pass the good deed for sure. Thank you soooo much so I get to enjoy this magical night =D

2011-09-13T22:15:00.001-04:00

great show & excellent performance. I cant believe it's taken so long to see this show- even though I'm familiar w/a lot of the music (from early Barbra Streisand albums), but the story is fun and original . good voices , and a good time was had.
Thanx
WKB

might be frothing

2011-09-13T19:45:00.001-04:00

On my way into the theater. Literally frothing with excitement. FROTHING.

2011-09-10T15:09:00.000-04:00

This show was so amazing. I loved the comedy and the songs were incredible. Overall, it was a great show and I would recommend it to a friend.

wow!

2011-09-03T21:17:00.001-04:00

this show is amazing! love the songs, wonder what will happen next? from Grace (from the uk)

2011-09-03T15:12:00.000-04:00

Hi ! I love the fantasticks! My name is Talia and I'm almost 12 years

Wow!

2011-08-29T22:22:00.000-04:00

Hi! This is Adam and Jenna! We loooved the show! We loved the colors, the message, the music, and the atmosphere. Thank you so much for bringing this to us!

Fantastick

2011-08-21T20:46:00.000-04:00

I've seen the first part of the show, and it is awesome! I'm so glad that my parents took me to see it. My favorite part was when the magician threw the streamers into the audience. One landed right on my shoulder, and another on my head!

2011-08-21T20:44:00.000-04:00

we like everything! it's hilarious.!

Boris Bilaer 7 years old

2011-08-21T20:42:00.001-04:00

I like Mortimer the best because he is a crazy, physical comic.

2011-08-13T13:53:00.000-04:00

This show is amazing! Break a leg, Anne!
~The Thompsons

2011-08-07T20:47:00.000-04:00

hi i love this show! my favorite character is the indian dude. hes funny.

One of the best

2011-08-07T20:41:00.001-04:00

This is my favorite i have seen it 22 times

2011-08-07T19:21:00.001-04:00

One of The best!

2011-07-26T22:15:00.001-04:00

A great show. Really enjoyed it.

2011-07-25T19:27:00.000-04:00

Really excited about seeing this show

2011-07-24T21:50:00.000-04:00

Loved it! The cast, the voices... it was wonderful.

It sparkles

2011-07-23T15:31:00.001-04:00

The entire cast is magnificent

2011-07-22T19:42:00.000-04:00

Very happy to be here! Noah and Shelly

2011-07-20T15:10:00.001-04:00

I love Mortimer!

2011-07-11T22:24:00.000-04:00

Macintrye Dixon was absolutely fantastic! I loved his performance, he played it brilliantly. That kind of acting is why I love the theatre!

Simply Magical!

2011-07-10T16:13:00.001-04:00

In this age of bigger effects and smaller story, it's such a revelation to remember that great theatre is truly made of a great story and "fantastick" actors. This was one of the purist moments of theatre I've seen in years.

Great show

2011-07-02T15:07:00.001-04:00

This group of professionals are excellent, come to Pittsburgh next year. This is too good to keep in NYC.

Pa Nana

cool

2011-07-01T21:12:00.000-04:00

the show was great!!

Happy Summer to cast and crew

2011-06-29T16:55:00.000-04:00

Nice to see the blog up and running!

Amazing

2011-05-03T21:53:00.001-04:00

Really stands the test of time. Congrats to all!

2011-05-01T17:13:00.003-04:00

Hello - This is a great, great show. I first saw it in 1971, and had the pleasure of seeing it many times before it closed at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. I was delighted to learn that it is still a
part of New York City, and I'm honored to have enjoyed it once again. It has a timeless theme, and I hope it will be here for future generations.

Happy Easter 2011

2011-04-24T20:49:00.000-04:00

It was fantastic. I never knew the history. Try to Remember to have a Happy Easter!!!

2011-04-19T21:15:00.002-04:00

Extremely Clever; The Girl Part is Played by a very Beautiful Girl and the Boy is really genuine the casting is perfect and the play is fun-Lichfield Family South Carolina

Surprising

2011-04-15T21:12:00.003-04:00

This play is quite funny and filled with energy, once it gets going. The cast is excellent and the dialogue witty and charming. The "minor characters" almost steal the show! I would highly recommend this play to anyone, even whole families. -Frank Cecchin MD

End of Act 1

2011-04-10T20:44:00.001-04:00

Just at the end of Act 1, people are already satisfied.

Its Funny

2011-04-10T19:03:00.001-04:00

This is a repost of the post below. I really am thinking thats its funny. It makes me LOL, ROFL, LMAO and ROFLMAOL :D

2011-04-10T19:01:00.000-04:00

Thinking its funny XD

Thank You!!

2011-04-10T17:20:00.001-04:00

West Springfield High School's Choral Department from VA thanks you for a "fantastick" show!! :D

2011-04-05T21:16:00.001-04:00

I saw this about a dozen times in the old Sullivan St. production. It STILL sparkles! The cast is terrific!!!! Congrats! No wonder this is such a long-running hit! GB

Jackie's birthday weekend

2011-04-02T22:22:00.002-04:00

Celebrating J's birthday with S. "Chics in the City" seeing a good show.

So excited!

2011-03-27T19:01:00.002-04:00

We are here with our school all the way from colorado! Can't wait to see the show!

Why oh why?

2011-03-26T22:22:00.001-04:00

What took me so long to see this???

Fun with my sister

2011-03-26T15:18:00.002-04:00

reliving a childhood memory from the sullivan street theater with my sister, the debbiest! love ya

hi

2011-03-26T13:40:00.001-04:00

2011-02-21T22:22:00.002-05:00

We came to NYC from Massachusetts to see "The Merchant of Venice" and "Rain." We got to see Al Pacino, but we weren't able to get tickets for "Rain." We instead purchased tickets for "The Fantasticks" and after seeing the show, we're now glad about the way things turned out! It was an adorable show with amazing actors. The show was funny, sweet, romantic and classic. Next time, "Rain," but for now, we're very pleased with the turn of events.

SHARE-ing Broadway

2011-01-28T21:08:00.001-05:00

We are with a group of 18 high school aged foreign exchange students from an organization called SHARE ERDT. What an amazing NYC experience!

2011-01-17T21:12:00.002-05:00

I'm happy to say that this show is as delightful now, in 2011, as it was when I was the musical director for it in college at DePaul University in 1970. Words have been changed to make it more politically correct, but the sweetness of the show reigns....and this after only the first act.

Mary Ellen Kanies Beckmann
maryellenkb@comcast.net

So excited to see The Fantasticks for the first time!

2011-01-17T19:50:00.002-05:00

We are so excited to see this history-making show for the first time. So many incredible stories surround this show. We can't wait!

Cheers,

The Butlers and Beckmanns

2011-01-09T21:37:00.001-05:00

it was my first show ever! Glad it was, so nice and fun
Thank you!

2011-01-08T22:19:00.001-05:00

Well written, well sung, well played, well acted... Simply Fantastick!!

Brilliant

2011-01-07T21:08:00.000-05:00

Simple, humble, romantic, and beautifully sung. What a classic.

Cocoa is the best!!

2011-01-04T19:38:00.000-05:00

don't get the laughies...

love you and so proud of you, micks!!

New Year's Eve

2010-12-31T20:36:00.001-05:00

Great show to bring in the NEW YEAR!

Happy 2011!

Dec 30, 2010

2010-12-30T21:21:00.000-05:00

Fascinatingly weird

Greatest Show in New York

2010-12-29T21:15:00.003-05:00

Never laughed this hard with my family. This show is a diamond!!!

2010-12-29T16:22:00.001-05:00

Great show. Music wonderful.

2010-12-27T19:38:00.001-05:00

Huge snowstorm today, but glad we made it to the city to see "The Fantasticks"

Remarkable!

2010-12-17T21:44:00.002-05:00

Still fresh after all these years! The cast was wonderful and the music as beautiful as I remember. The only thing I was confused by was how quiet the audience was..? Didn't they realize how great this show was??

December 14, 2010

2010-12-14T21:16:00.002-05:00

It is currently intermission, as i stand here, typing, eating m&ms, and thinking of how utterly ageless Fantasticks is. it could be set in any year, any place, any situation. and yet its themes run true. i believe it has now been 15 minutes.

Irony

2010-12-12T21:41:00.002-05:00

Quite a "fantastick" show. A comment I heard from a fellow patron. It was hilarous! Though not quite the setting I was expecting for a New York theatre. -The Johnson family from Virginia. First time in New York.

2010-12-11T22:13:00.001-05:00

A man just proposed after the curtain call. Only at "The Fantasticks."

Thank You

2010-12-01T15:11:00.001-05:00

This show is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much. It's really all I can say.
It is my favorite, and I will always love it.

very funny!!!!

2010-11-27T21:13:00.001-05:00

I just saw the first act> I laughed louder than anyone at the theater!!!

GREAT SHOW!

2010-11-25T22:21:00.001-05:00

The show was brilliant! You all are wonderful.
-The Volkers all the way from from Columbus, Ohio :)

thank you!

2010-11-20T22:20:00.002-05:00

It was wonderful! Thank you Matt Leisy! I enjoyed your performance.
Tamar (11th grade, Washington D.C.)

Love this show!

2010-11-20T21:16:00.003-05:00

they are doing a great job! love the small space in this theater-special sense of closeness to the production.

Kristin Palmeri

2010-11-19T19:53:00.001-05:00

I am currently performing the role of Luisa at AMDA. I am excited to see this show for the first time! Hopefully I will be in The Fantasticks in the near future. Good luck !!

2010-11-10T16:14:00.001-05:00

I finally got to see the Fantastiks and it was great.

Vancouver BC

2010-11-07T20:47:00.001-05:00

Great show, a little slap stick, but lots of fun.
Dean & Sherri Duperron

2010-11-07T20:46:00.001-05:00

thanks, ann & don...

Laughed so hard

2010-11-05T21:15:00.000-04:00

Very entertaining evening with lots of laughs!

Try to Remember

2010-10-24T20:45:00.001-04:00

A fun, fantastic evening.
Elaine and Jeff
Santa Monica, CA

Getting ready for Fantastics

2010-10-24T19:18:00.001-04:00

Excited to see the show...the music is pretty

what a classic

2010-10-23T22:19:00.001-04:00

Have wanted to see the show for years and worth the wait. Bravp

2010-10-22T21:14:00.002-04:00

I am enjoying this performance much more than the first time I saw it
in the village 8 years ago.

Jason Davis
Bronx, New York

My first brodway show

2010-10-18T22:09:00.001-04:00

The Fantastics was recomended for me and my family by the people workimg outside the TKTS. And it was worth it! Really enjoyed my first brodway show ever! Funny and lively. Ieva, Lithuania.

2010-10-09T22:24:00.000-04:00

Great evening!!!
Funny and great for the family!!!

2010-10-05T21:21:00.001-04:00

better than the first time I saw it-decades ago. Congrats on a wonderful production. Anita M. Bronx, NY

2010-10-03T21:46:00.002-04:00

What a great evenong... the women couldn't get enough of Ed Watts!!!!! Loved it and Him!!! Come see it!!!! John Joanna & Ben

2010-10-02T22:22:00.001-04:00

This show is very fun

A GREAT EVENING!!!

2010-09-27T22:17:00.002-04:00

Wonderful show for the whole family! A must see!

Mark, Michelle, Caitlyn and Ella Rooney (Sydney, Australia)

Great show

2010-09-25T15:17:00.001-04:00

My Mom and Aunts are visiting from San Antonio and we are having a fun time at the show (and across NYC). Definitely worth dropping by.

Frances, Eva, Paul and Odelia

Great Show

2010-09-24T22:10:00.001-04:00

A Fantastik experience!

We all loved the classic tale of love and real live.

Tina, Rick, Claudia and David...

Yay!

2010-09-24T21:11:00.001-04:00

I am loving the show, although my husband is falling asleep. Please don't judge him, he falls asleep in ALL musicals.

I played Luisa in this show almost 25 years ago, after graduating from the american Academy of Dramatic Arts. it was my first paying gig, so I have a special place in my heart for this show.

Enjoy!!!!

Thanks!

2010-08-29T17:14:00.001-04:00

This was a very good play I like the cast the most and the music!

2010-08-28T21:25:00.000-04:00

Excellent show! We are having a great time!!! =)
-VitaBella

2010-08-26T21:20:00.002-04:00

i love the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Terrific show!

2010-08-22T20:49:00.002-04:00

So glad we heard about this production on the streets of Time Square. The cast is superb, and the songs are delightful. Muchas Gracias!

Nathan & Yaresi Alvarado
San Antonio, TX

Greetings from Finland

2010-08-18T22:29:00.002-04:00

Really a nice show! Thank you very much. Had a great time!

Worth coming from 10 000 miles away.

Kiitos,

Johanna & K-P

:D

2010-08-18T22:17:00.002-04:00

Hi from the Pickerington Central Theatre Dept. We thought you were FANTASTICK! This was definitely the highlight of our trip! :D

Simply Excellent!

2010-08-18T21:14:00.002-04:00

Jimmy and Lama from Toronto Canada think your show is outstanding! We felt like we were a part of this production and have never enjoyed a musical in such a unique way!! Well done!

2010-08-16T22:15:00.001-04:00

Juliette Trafton was born to play Luisa. Brava!

Third generation...

2010-08-02T22:18:00.001-04:00

Here with my niece and my Mom. We are introducing a third generation to this wonderful play!!

I like this show

2010-08-01T16:12:00.001-04:00

i never laugh so loud in a life production before and i seen quite a lot.
the lead characters are wonderful

I might stay for the next 12,000 performances

2010-07-07T21:14:00.001-04:00

... or at least until I can be abducted by El Gallo. In love!!!

2010-07-05T22:19:00.001-04:00

Juliette is AWESOME!!!! Tom Flagg was incredible, he's still got it!!
Thank You for a fantastic show.

The Tallaricos

fantastic performance by Erik Altemus

2010-07-05T21:08:00.001-04:00

Great fun and great show off Broadway. Erik is a heart throb and all the ladies swoon...some of the guys too.

The Manhattan Hillbilly is here!

2010-07-05T19:24:00.001-04:00

The Manhattan Hillbilly is here to see The Fanstasticks. We've heard it's ... well, extremely good!

2nd time!!

2010-07-01T19:42:00.001-04:00

so pumped to see it again! will be singing along quietly haha