LaCause Is El Gallo in DC Fantasticks, Set in an Amusement Park, Opening Nov. 27

By Kenneth Jones
27 Nov 2009

Sebastian La Cause (above) with Timothy Ware as Matt and Addi McDaniel
Sebastian La Cause (above) with Timothy Ware as Matt and Addi McDaniel
Photo by Scott Suchman

Arena Stage's new production of The Fantasticks, directed by rising American director Amanda Dehnert, who places the musical in the world of an abandoned amusement park, opens Nov. 27 after previews from Nov. 20 in Washington, DC.

Broadway's Sebastian LaCause plays El Gallo in the fable of love, youth and innocence. Performances of the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical will play to Jan. 10, 2010, at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC.

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The cast also includes Addi McDaniel (Luisa), Timothy Ware (Matt), Michael Stone Forrest (Hucklebee), Jerome Lucas Harmann (Bellomy), Laurence O'Dwyer (Henry), Nate Dendy (The Mute) and Jesse Terrill (Mortimer/The Handyman).

Musical direction is by George Fulginti-Shakar. Set design is by Eugene Lee.

The creative team includes illusion designer Jim Steinmeyer, choreographer Sharon Jenkins, costume designer Jessica Ford, lighting designer Nancy Schertler, sound designer Timothy Thompson and stage manager Martha Knight.

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LaCause appeared in Broadway's The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chicago, Once Upon a Mattress, Minnelli on Minnelli and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Lincoln Theatre (a borrowed space while Arena refurbishes its main home) is at 1215 U Street, NW Washington, DC.

Visit arenastage.org.