So while the RENT HEADS continue to weep and lament that show's long-overdue closing (I'm not saying the show isn't great, it's just it's time to go away), does anyone really care that the barely one-year-old Off-Broadway revival of THE FANTASTICKS is closing?
I can't imagine who. I, for one, thought it was a great revival. Why? They just did the original staging, top to bottom. Sure, it was in a new Times Square-area theater, rather than one in the Greenwich Village, but does that really matter? That replicated the space pretty faithfully. So what now remains at the Snapple Center? The nearly two-decade long run of THE PERFECT CRIME and God only knows what else.
Frankly, as great as a show really is, we don't necessarily need it around 24/7. But as long as it's around, if you've never seen THE FANTASTICKS, I highly recommend checking out this very special, essentially perfect musical.
