Barrington's Fantasticks, with Smith, De Lisa, Wilson, DePaul, Begins Previews Oct. 7

By Andrew Gans
07 Oct 2009

The Fantasticks' Steve Wilson (above) and Cory Michael Smith.
The Fantasticks' Steve Wilson (above) and Cory Michael Smith.

The Barrington Stage Company's production of the classic Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical The Fantasticks begins previews Oct. 7.

Directed by Andrew Volkoff, the famed musical will play the Pittsfield, MA, venue through Oct. 18. Opening night is scheduled for Oct. 10 at 8 PM.

The cast features Cory Michael Smith and Dana De Lisa as the young lovers Matt and Luisa with Steve Wilson as El Gallo, Darin DePaul as Hucklebee, John-Charles Kelly as Bellomy, Gordon Stanley as Henry, Jonathan Karp as the Mute and Bob Sorenson as Mortimer.

Janet Watson choreographs with musical direction by Christopher D. Littlefield. The production is designed by Jeff Davis (lighting), Kristina Lucka (costumes) and Brad Berridge (sound). Sam Craig is the scenic and prop co-ordinator; Renee Lutz is production stage manager.

Songs from the popular musical include "Try to Remember," "They Were You," "Much More," "Soon It's Gonna Rain" and "I Can See It."

For tickets call (413) 236-8888 or visit www.barringtonstageco.org.