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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 10, 1999
Pros: great music, good morals
Cons: could be a bad cast but that can happen with any show
Summary: Even though I don't know why it has been running for so long (there are tons of other great shows that close after too short a run), The Fantasticks is a great musical! The majority of the current musicals sell their seats by advertising a great set or ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 23, 2008
Pros: The songs "Try to Remember" and "They Were You".
Cons: un-interesting plot, mostly bad music and lyrical scores, felt longer than it was.
Summary: Although The Fantastiks was hailed as one of Broadways longest running musicals, I can't understand why. Two not so intelligent fathers pretending to argue and put up a wall (rather pyramus and thisbe for all you Shakespeare buffs)to set up a "forbidden" ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 21, 2001
Pros: strong story, good music, memorable characters
Cons: storyline possibly overdone
Summary: The Fantasticks, a wonderfully touching musical about 2 young lovers, 2 old fathers, the "dashing hero", and a troupe of washed up actors. Once you combine all these elements with a plot line that is crazy at its most sane moment, you are guaranteed to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 12, 2000
Pros: Exciting, Entertaining
Cons: None!
Summary: This Fantastic Show is a great show for people 10-101! I was first exposed to this show when at the local theater they needed someone to play the lead boy, "Matt," and ever since then I've been in love with the show. The show is bacicly a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 13, 1999
Pros: Wonderful story, music, characters...simply fantastic!
Cons: Not as well-known as its big, circus-like competitor shows
Summary: Looking for an old-fashioned love story that's always up-to-date? "The Fantasticks" has been an Off-Broadway favorite for over thirty years now, and with *very* good reason. This simple (but never simplistic) story of Boy Meets Girl-Next-Door ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 1999
Pros: Great Show, Good Dialogue, Good Music
Cons: I don't know that there are any
Summary: The Fantasticks will always live in my memory as one of the best plays I've seen. My first exposure was my senior year in high school when my summer theatre group produced it. I fell in love with the ironic purple prose, the story (especially the young ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 1999
Pros: Maybe there is something I am missing, it has been running for so long.
Cons: Everything. Uncomfortable conditions in theater, simplistic music, bad acting, contrived story.
Summary: I really don't understand what all of the hype is over this musical. As far as I can figure at this point it only continues to draw audiences because it has been running for so long.
The theater is cramped and was dirty and unairconditioned ... read more
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