About the Show:

“Try to remember…” a time when this romantic charmer wasn’t enchanting audiences around the world. The longest-running musical of all time, The Fantasticks endures for a reason: its breathtaking poetry, gentle humor, and theatrical simplicity create a story that feels both intimate and universal. At its heart, this beloved fable follows a boy, a girl, and two fathers determined to keep them apart. Guided by the mysterious narrator El Gallo, audiences are invited into a world of moonlight and imagination, where love is discovered, tested, and ultimately transformed. Bittersweet and timeless, The Fantasticks reminds us that even heartbreak has its purpose—and that love, in the end, finds its way home.

Courtesy of Ball State University