Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall

[jacobsnchz14]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#1

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:06pm

Directed by Christopher Gatelli and it will play the Hayes/Second Stage! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/theater/fantasticks-gloria-broadway-second-stage.html

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 01:06 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#2

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:11pm

It depends on what you gay!

[merle57]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#3

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:11pm

I love The Fantasticks, but I do not see it as a Broadway musical. It is too delicate, too intimate, too romantic, too spiritual. The original direction is essential to the theme of the parable -- the illusions of romance versus the reality of mature love. Decorating the show may tear apart the fabric of Schmidt and Jones' creation. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#4

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:18pm

One of my favorites. Thrilled to see it finally hit Broadway, and in an appropriately-sized house for the kind of show it is.

I disagree that it falls apart with any upsizing. Other than the wonderful “original” staging that I saw back in the day at the Snapple Center, I saw a really lovely production directed by Amanda Dehnert that was full of magic and a good amount of scenery. I didn’t feel it swallowed the show up at all - the opposite, in fact - and I can’t imagine expanded orchestrations would either.

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 01:18 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#5

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:28pm

This will be the first musical to play the Hayes since DAMES AT SEA in 2015, and the first since Second Stage bought the venue.

Should do okay with the subscriber audience, plus a Hollywood name or two in the cast. 

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 01:28 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#6

Posted: 6/3/26 at 1:47pm

I’m not concerned about Fantasticks selling in a house of that size, and I am excited to see a reimagined version with an orchestra. It could be gorgeous. 

[blaxx]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#7

Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:09pm

merle57 said: "I love The Fantasticks, but I do not see it as a Broadway musical.Itis too delicate, too intimate, too romantic, too spiritual. The original directionis essential to the theme of the parable -- the illusions of romance versus the reality of mature love. Decorating the show may tear apart the fabric of Schmidt and Jones' creation."

See before you judge.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[JMH27]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#8

Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:21pm

How far in advance does Second Stage normally announce casting?

[WldKingdomHM]

Reimagined THE FANTASTICKS will open on Broadway this fall#9

Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:25pm

Wake me up when it’s over