The Fantasticks Pushes Back Opening Night to August 23

The off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks will delay its opening night by one week because of recent cast changes, the producers have announced. The production, directed by the show's librettist, Tom Jones, is currently in previews and will now officially open at the new Snapple Theater Center on August 23.

Burke Moses recently replaced James Moye as El Gallo and Robert R. Oliver stepped in for an injured Macintyre Dixon as Mortimer. The cast is rounded out by Thomas Bruce a pseudonym for writer/director Jones as Henry, Leo Burmester as Hucklebee, Santino Fontana as Matt, Sara Jean Ford as Luisa, Douglas Ullman, Jr. as the Mute and Martin Vidnovic as Bellomy.