Robert R. Oliver, who played Mortimer in the current Off-Broadway revival of the musical The Fantasticks, died Feb. 4 of a heart attack, a press representative for the show confirmed. He was 68.
A few fine performances can't justify the price of admission.
Over a recent lunch, Sara Jean Ford tells her companion how incredible it is to win a role in the revival of "The Fantasticks."
Photos by Maryann Lopinto, Linda K.
Original backers of the Off Broadway musical The Fantasticks, which celebrates its 50th anniversary tonight, have reaped 24,000-percent return on their investments.
The whole enterprise seems to have been simply lifted from a musty old trunk and plunked down in an equally musty new one.
Matt Leisy, who previously portrayed the Mute in the long-running Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, steps into the role of Matt beginning Dec. 6 at the Snapple Theater Center.