The Fantasticks (Original 1960 Off-Off Broadway Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
- Overture - The Orchestra
- Try to Remember - Jerry Orbach
- Much More - Rita Gardner
- Metaphor - Rita Gardner, Kenneth Nelson
- Never Say No - William Larsen, Hugh Thomas
- It Depends on What You Pay - William Larsen, Jerry Orbach, Hugh Thomas
- You Wonder How These Things Begin - Jerry Orbach
- Soon It's Gonna Rain - Rita Gardner, Kenneth Nelson
- Rape Ballet/Happy Ending - Rita Gardner, William Larsen, Kenneth Nelson, Hugh Thomas
- This Plum Is Too Ripe - Rita Gardner, William Larsen, Kenneth Nelson, Hugh Thomas
- I Can See It - Kenneth Nelson, Jerry Orbach
- Plant a Radish - William Larsen, Hugh Thomas
- Round and Round - Rita Gardner, Jerry Orbach
- There Is a Curious Paradox - Jerry Orbach
- They Were You - Rita Gardner, Kenneth Nelson
- Try to Remember (Reprise) - Jerry Orbach
Music reviews of The Fantasticks (Original 1960 Off-Off Broadway Cast)
Music Review: Try to Remember
Rating: 5 Stars
I was 16 1/2 the first time I saw this play at a College Theater Performance. I fell in love. I bought the play in paperback and started memorizing. I would sit in my room repeating - I'm Special, I'm Special, Please God Please don't let me be Normal!
In the 70's I would sing along with "I can see it" I introduced my stepdaughter to "Never say no" I've seen the play many times and it makes me smile every time I see it or listen to the music at home or work.
Karen
Description of The Fantasticks (Original 1960 Off-Off Broadway Cast)
On May 3, 1960, a chamber-sized variation on Romeo and Juliet by composer Harvey Schmidt and writer-lyricist Tom Jones opened off-off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. On May?3, 2000, The Fantasticks opened again at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, celebrating 40?continuous years of performances and having long since become the longest-running musical in the history of the world. And while many cast members have come and gone, it's the original cast recording that has become an indelible part of our memory, from the dual pianos dotting the overture and Jerry Orbach's rich reading of "Try to Remember" to the fathers' lament "Never Say No" and the gorgeous duet "Soon It's Gonna Rain." Even better, this anniversary edition CD benefits from remastered sound (you can now hear the harp strum in the opening bars) and a new booklet that includes a note from Jones, an introductory essay, and (drumroll, please) full lyrics. Yes, it's still true that the voices may not have the sheer beauty some modern ears might expect, and the pit band (augmented from two players to five for this recording) sounds a bit dated, but who cares? It's The Fantasticks, an essential piece of musical theater history. Long may it run. --David HoriuchiGeneral CDs
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