Theater To Go and  Kelsey Theatre present A Musical For Anyone Who Has Loved Or Been Loved THE FANTASTICKS

By Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

Directed by Ruth Markoe with Musical  Direction by Sue Den Outer

Theater to Go in partnership with Kelsey Theatre  presents THE FANTASTICKS, the world’s longest running musical. Directed by Ruth Markoe of Lawrenceville  with Musical Direction by Sue Den Outer of Langhorne PA, the play will run from February 3-12 at Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor NJ on the campus of Mercer County Community College. Tickets are $22-24 and can be purchased online at KelseyTheatre.net or by calling 609 570 3333

The original production of THE FANTASTICKS opened on May 3, 1960, at the Sullivan St Playhouse in NYC.It ran for 42 years and more than 17,000 performances before finally closing in 2006. Beloved for all those years and beyond, it has brought us such wonderful songs as Try To Remember, and Soon It’s Gonna Rain

THE FANTASTICKS, narrated by the mystical and gallant El Gallo, is a timeless story focusing on two young lovers, their meddling fathers and the journey we all must take through the highs of adolescent passions, the agonies of heartbreak and the hurts of betrayal to discover how to truly love

The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time. It is a story of love, independence, illusion and excitement which at the heart of every budding romance, 

El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo’s words that, «without a hurt, the heart is hollow.» 

THE FANTASTICKS ensemble, which hails from far reaches of the region, features Matt Lafargue of Dunellen as El Gallo and James Zimmerman of Hamilton as The Mute, both of whom guide the action. Christina Freeman of Chester and Thomas Wick of Yardley PA play Luisa and Matt, the love-struck neighbors. Their meddling fathers Hucklebee and Bellomy are played by Tom Chiola of Trenton and Jim Morris of Hamilton. Rounding out the cast are Bill Agress of Lawrenceville and Barry Leonard of Monroe as Henry and Mortimer as the aging itinerant actors. 

About Theater To Go

Theater To Go, under the leadership of Ruth Markoe, began in 1992 and has been providing quality entertainment in NJ and regionally since then. It is best known for audience participation murder mysteries and other interactive comedy theater however has expanded to include full length plays and staged readings. In addition to the interactive comedy murder mysteries, Theatre To Go has been among the resident companies at Kelsey Theatre producing such plays as To Kill a Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, Room Service, Cabaret, and most recently Dial M for Murder first production since our 2 year pandemic hiatus. T2G has been working with playwright Mark Violi to develop his historical drama ROEBLING: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge which played to sold out audiences in 2016, and produced his World War II drama Riding the Comet at the 2107 NYC Theater Festival Summerfest   

DATES:          Fridays, February 3 & 10 at 8pm

Saturdays February 4 & 11 at 8pm

Sundays February 5 & 12 at 2pm

LOCATION:    KELSEY THEATRE

1200 Old Trenton Rd. 

West Windsor NJ 08550

COST:             $22-24

TICKETS:       www.KelseyTheatre.org  or 609 570-3333