Eight times a week, from 1960 to 2002, the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City’s Greenwich Village played midwife to a musical theater ritual that attracted theatergoers from across the globe. That show was the legendary and beloved Fantasticks, and for 42 years and 17,162 performances, a legion of performers—including future luminaries such as F. Murray Abraham, Ricardo Montalban, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Richard Chamberlain and John Carradine—played out its sweetly timeless boy-meets-girl tale. On the eve of The Fantasticks’ final Off-Broadway performance, documentary filmmaker Eli Kabillio takes a wistful look back at the show’s genesis, its creators and, above all, its continued worldwide popularity.
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks (2003)
Directed by Eli Kabillio
Genres - Documentary |
Release Date - May 14, 2003 |
Run Time - 57 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Movie Info
Budget
$100,000
Tags
Broadway, Elliott Gould, Fantasticks, Glenn Close, Greenwich Village, John Carradine, Liza Minnelli, Murray Abraham, New York, Performance, Richard Chamberlain, Sullivan Street Playhouse, The Fantasticks