THE FANTASTICKS
Composer: Harvey
Schmidt
Lyricist: Tom Jones
Opened: May 3, 1960, Sullivan Street Playhouse, N.Y.C.
Performances: 17,162
Note: Only numbers not found on the original cast recording are noted below.
Beyond That Road (inst.):
1. The Fantasticks In
Jazz, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-2103-SE (The Trotter Trio)
Bird Magic (inst.):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp) (part of
"Luisa's Introduction")
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Sara Jean Ford with
Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp) (part of "Luisa's
Monologue")
Burnished By The Sun (aka "Opening Act
II" or "Their Moon Was Cardboard") (dialogue with music):
1. Los Fantástikos,
CD/Unknown label (unknown Madrid instrumentalists)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG 19005 (Alfred Lakeman and Company
with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
3. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Burke Moses with
Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
Curtain Call:
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Dorothy Martin, piano,
and Erin Hill, harp)
El Gallo's Entrance (dialogue):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG 19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Gannon McHale, and James Harms with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
An Episode (dialogue with music and song):
1. The Fantasticks, RCA
JRS-7301 (unknown Japanese singers) [reissued as CD/Honda Music
Int'l 1006] (end portion of "Socrates and Lodavigo")
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Thomas Bruce [Tom
Jones], Robert R. Oliver, and Santino Fontana with Dorothy
Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
3. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG 19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Sam Samuelson,
Tom Jones, and James Cook with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park
Stickney, harp) (end portion of "Socrates and Lodavigo")
Exit Music:
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill,
harp)
Follow Along With Me (aka "Come On
Along") (cut; originally written for JOY; later used in
PORTFOLIO REVUE):
1. The Show Goes On, CD/DRG 19008 (Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt with Harvey Schmidt, piano)
The Glen Speech (dialogue with music):
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Burke Moses with Dorothy Martin, piano,
and Erin Hill, harp)
Grant Me In Your Minds A Month
(dialogue with music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park
Stickney, harp)
I Have Acted Like A Fool (cut):
1. Lost In Boston II,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5485 (Debbie Pavelka and Richard Roland
with music conducted by James Stenborg)
2. Jones & Schmidt: Hidden Treasures, 1951-2001,
CD/Harbinger HCD3404 (Nathan Goodrich and Samantha Bruce with
Robert Felstein)
I Can See It (reprise):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Sam Samuelson, and Chiara Peacock with
Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Burke Moses and
Santino Fontana with Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
I'll Marry When I Marry (dialogue with
music):
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Santino Fontana and Leo Burmester with
Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
Luisa's Introduction (aka "Louisa's Monologue") (dialogue
with music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman and Chiara Peacock with Harvey Schmidt,
piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Sara Jean Ford with
Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
Matt's Introduction (aka "Matt's
Monologue") (dialogue with music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman and Sam Samuelson with Harvey Schmidt,
piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Santino Fontana with
Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
Metaphor (reprise):
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Santino Fontana and Sara Jean Ford with
Martin Vidnovic, Leo Burmester, Burke Moses, with Dorothy
Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
2. The Fantasticks, CD/JAY CDJAY 8007 (Robin Chalk, Amber
Sinclair, Andrew Nicolaides, Ilan Goodman, and Mark Lowen with
Toby Alloway, piano)
Moonlight #2 (inst.):
1. Harvey Schmidt Plays
Jones & Schmidt, CD/Kritzerland KR 20010-3 (Harvey Schmidt,
piano)
2. The Fantasticks In Jazz, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-2103-SE (The
Trotter Trio)
Much More (reprise):
1. The Fantasticks, RCA
JRS-7301 (unknown Japanese singers) [reissued as CD/Honda Music
Int'l 1006]
2. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG 19005 (Chiara Peacock and Alfred
Lakeman with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
3. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Sara Jean Ford and
Burke Moses with Dorothy Martin, piano, and Erin Hill, harp)
The Necklace (dialogue with music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman and Chiara Peacock with Harvey Schmidt,
piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
O Have You Ever Been To China? (cut):
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4415 (Harvey Schmidt, piano and voice) (bonus
track recorded in 1959)
Old Actors' Farewell (dialogue with
music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Tom Jones, and James Cook with Harvey
Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
A Perfect Time To Be In Love (added to the 1990 National
Tour):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Harvey Schmidt, piano and voice)
2. The Fantasticks In Jazz, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-2103-SE (The
Trotter Trio) (bonus track)
3. Jones & Schmidt: Hidden Treasures, 1951-2001,
CD/Harbinger HCD3404 (Ensemble)
The Players Have Arrived (dialogue with
music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG
19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Tom Jones, and James Cook with Harvey
Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
Socrates And Lodavigo (dialogue with
music with some singing):
1. The Fantasticks, RCA
JRS-7301 (unknown Japanese singers) [reissued as CD/Honda Music
Int'l 1006]
2. The Fantasticks, CD/DRG 19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Sam Samuelson,
Tom Jones, and James Cook with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park
Stickney, harp)
This Tear Is Enough (dialogue with
music):
1. The Fantasticks,
CD/DRG 19005 (Alfred Lakeman, Sam Samuelson, and Chiara Peacock
with Harvey Schmidt, piano, and Park Stickney, harp)
Transition (dialogue with music):
1. The Fantasticks, CD/Ghostlight 8-4415
(Burke Moses and Sara Jean Ford with Dorothy Martin, piano,
and Erin Hill, harp)
Unrecorded Numbers:
Abductions (And So Forth)
(added to the 1990 National Tour)
After Bell (inst.)
Bell's Introduction (inst.)
Celebration (inst.)
Distant Carousel (inst.)
Huck's Introduction (inst.)
Ladder (inst.)
Moonlight #1 (inst.)
The Quarrel (inst.)
Rebuilding Wall #1 (inst.)
Rebuilding Wall #2 (inst.)
This Girl (inst.)
The Wall (inst.)