With imminent revivals of Broadway's third and fourth longest-running musicals (Les Miserables and A Chorus Line, respectively) -- while Nos. 1, 6, 7, 9 and 10 continue their runs -- it seems inevitable that someone would revive the longest-running musical in the history of the world. After a mere 4-1/2 years, the 1960 Off Broadway hit The Fantasticks has returned in a close re-creation that happily replicates the original's charms.
The Fantasticks is giving Matt Leisy his voice, literally and figuratively. After playing the Mute (yes, a non-speaking role) for a year and understudying the young lover Matt, Leisy was pro…
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