Photo Flash: THE FANTASTICKS at Long Wharf Theatre

Long Wharf Theatre presents the classic musical THE FANTASTICKS. The production is directed by Amanda Dehnert and will run through November 1st.

The cast features Ray DeMatthis, Jessica Grove, William Parry, David Nathan Perlow, Michael Sharon, Dan Sharkey, and Jonathan Randell Silver.

The FANTASTICKS features music by Harvey Schmidt and a book and lyrics by Tom Jones.

Long Wharf's unique production is set in a New England amusement park.

"Luisa and Matt are entering the bloom of their youth - the world stands open to them, inviting them to explore. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, build a wall between the teens, hiring the trickster El Gallo to "thwart" their romance. By moonlight, Matt and Luisa fall hard for each other. When finally the couple comes together in the light of day, they must decide between the comfort of illusion and the wisdom that only comes with experience. Can their romance survive the sunlight?"

For more information and to purchase tickets, call 203-787-4282 or visit www.longwharf.org.

Long Wharf Theatre (Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director; Ray Cullom, Managing Director), entering its 45th season, is recognized as a leader in American theatre, producing fresh and imaginative revivals of classics and modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected works and a variety of world and American premieres. More than 30 Long Wharf Theatre productions have transferred virtually intact to Broadway or Off-Broadway, some of which include Durango by Julia Cho, the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Wit by Margaret Edson, The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer and The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn. The theatre is an incubator of new works, including this past season's A Civil War Christmas, by Paula Vogel, and Coming Home, by Athol Fugard. Long Wharf Theatre has received New York Drama Critics Awards, Obie Awards, the Margo Jefferson Award for Production of New Works, a Special Citation from the Outer Critics Circle and the Tony® Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

Jonathan Randell Silver and Michael Sharon