THE FANTASTICKS - the original fringe musical (1959)

If you’re old, like me, you remember the days when music from the theatre moved onto the pop charts. Once song that was very popular in the 1960s was “Try to Remember”. You might recall the song: Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to remember the kind of September When you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to remember, and if you remember, Then follow. Many years later, I learned that this song was from one of the longest running off-Broadway musicals, “The Fantastiks“, with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. It opened shortly after I was born in 1960, ran for 42 years, closed ... full review