"
The Fantasticks is back.
New York City's theater universe is whole once more."
- Robert Simonson, Playbill
"
Knee-deep in whimsy, fresh as paint in a brand-new Broadway theater."
- The Financial Times
"A perfectly pitched, disarmingly sincere performance that captures why
The Fantasticks became the enduring favorite it did.
The Fantasticks is the last word in theatrical sophistication."
- Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"The Fantasticks has an almost newborn gleam. A dream. Long may its hand-drawn curtain wave."
- Rob Kendt, Newsday
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Try to remember how much you loved The Fantasticks the first time around? Not necessary. It's all here again, right before your astonished eyes. That goes for first-timers, too!"
- David Finkle, Theatermania
"Uncorkably joyful, luxuriously laugh-laden and effusively emotional. The Fantasticks is livelier and more energetic than most new shows."
- Matthew Murray, Talkin' Broadway
"A trip to
The Fantasticks is as much a part of
the New York experience as Radio City Music hall or the Circle Line."
- David Barbour, Broadway.com
"It's
hard to resist The Fantasticks' vintage charm: unamplified actors, effects like confetti snow
and sequined rain, and a sweetly melodic score."
- Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly
"
A show that all but the most hardened souls will love."
- Ellis Nassour, Broadway Stars
"There is not a saccharine or sarcastic note throughout the entire show.
May it run another 40 years."
- Lisa del Rosso, Theater Online
"
The Fantasticks is
a dream come true, a total joy."
- Simon Saltzman, CurtainUp
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The Fantasticks is the most child-friendly show currently playing in the new york theater district. It's lively, squeaky-clean and not too long, and anyone old enough to watch a love story is old
enough to enjoy it."
- Terry Teachout, Arts Journal
"It feels
like a game of make-believe. The Fantasticks is just like the kind of teen-age love it depicts: nectar-sweet,
exempt from time, and not nearly as simple as you may remember."
- The New Yorker
"
The show's themes of young love, disillusionment, and reconciliation
clearly strike an empathetic chord for all times."
- Harry Forbes, Backstage
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Irresistible. Great performances abound."
- Michael Criscuolo, NYTheatre.com