The Fantasticks by Repertory Philippines
I was planning to watch “The Fantasticks” by Repertory Philippines last Saturday. Unfortunately I was late and got sidetracked by the great Greenbelt sale. Plan to catch the show this saturday, will write more about my experience next week. In the meantime, below is a synopsis of the play taken from the website of Repertory Philippines.
| Synopsis | |||
| The Fantasticks, the world’s longest-running musical, is a captivating and simple romantic comedy about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall. The audience uses its imagination to follow El Gallo as he creates a world of moonlight and magic, and then pain and disillusionment, until the boy and girl find their way back to one other.In a clever reverse of the Romeo and Juliet story, two fathers put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love, because they know that children always do what their parents forbid. After the children do fall in love, they discover their fathers’ plot and they each go off and experience things in the world. They return to each other and the love they had, having learned from the world, bringing to life a funny and quite touching story of innocence, and of knowledge. | |||
Attached is a link to give you a brief preview of the show (the link is a tribute to the show performed by Lamb’s Players Theater based in Coronado, California.)
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Some quick details on the show:
Dates Showing: July 3 to July 26, 2009. 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays, 330pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Venue: Onstage, 2/F Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center Makati City.
Ticket Prices: Orchestra Center P600, Orchestra Side P400, Balcony P300 (only Orchestra Center has reserved seating) You can buy tickets by calling Repertory Philippines at 887-0710 or through ticketworld.
See you at the show!