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Second Stage Assembles Creative Team for Broadway Premiere of The Fantasticks

The hires and announced run mark a move from multi-year development into final rehearsal and promotion.

Overview

  • Second Stage named Tony- and Emmy-winning designers Jason Sherwood (scenic), Linda Cho (costumes), Jen Schriever (lighting) and Nevin Steinberg (sound) and confirmed Christopher Gattelli as director and choreographer.
  • Samuel Davis will handle music supervision and orchestration with Rick Hip-Flores as music director, completing the production’s music team.
  • The production is scheduled to begin previews on October 22, open on November 16 at the Hayes Theater, and play a limited engagement through February 7, 2027.
  • Tom Jones supplied a revised libretto that recasts the central romantic pair as a same-sex couple and the parental figures as feuding mothers, and casting for the Broadway run has not yet been announced.
  • The updated show was developed at Flint Repertory Theatre in 2022 and later at Provincetown Playhouse and Coachella Valley Repertory, and the high-profile creative lineup signals a Broadway-scale reimagining that could raise the visibility of queer stories on the main stage.