Marian Theatre Guild's “The Fantasticks” will be performed Nov. 4-19 in the auditorium of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Whiting.
Actor Pat Pohrte of Munster has found a simple explanation to sum up the plot to the hit musical “The Fantasticks,” which he says has the title of “the longest-running musical in the world.” “I explain ‘The Fantasticks’ being just about the same story as ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ except with the spin that it’s the two fathers trying to bring this young man and young woman together, rather than two families trying to tear apart an unlikely romance,” Pohrte said.
Throughout the decades, luminaries who performed in the off-Broadway casts or later touring productions include Jerry Orbach, Liza Minnelli, Elliott Gould, Glenn Close, Kristen Chenoweth, Bert Convy and Eileen Fulton. “I wasn’t very familiar with The Fantasticks, despite the show’s long history,” said Pohrte, who has been in rehearsals since mid-September after being cast following auditions in August. “I just remember a local run of the show being done at College of St.
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