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May 28, 2009
For Immediate Release
For an Interview:
Terry Petrie
(801) 863-7222
The world’s longest running musical is now the latest collaboration between Utah Valley University‘s School of the Arts and Sundance Summer Theatre. "The Fantasticks" comes to the Eccles Stage at the Sundance Resort opening July 31 and running through August 22, Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
"The Fantasticks" marks the second year that UVU’s School of the Arts and Department of Theatrical Arts have partnered with Sundance Resort.
"Last year, audience members told us again and again how thrilled they were to be back in the beautiful Sundance mountain setting to see high quality, family-oriented theater," said Kathie Debenham, interim dean for the School of the Arts. "They also expressed delight at the partnership with UVU. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Sundance and invite everyone to share the Sundance/UVU magic."
The original production of "The Fantasticks" ran off Broadway for 42 years with 17,162 performances, becoming the world’s longest running musical. The popular play centers around two fathers who, in an effort to make their children fall in love, erect a wall between their houses to keep them apart "since children never do what you want them to." The plot works and the young couple fall in love only to discover their fathers’ scheme. As a result, the two strike out into the world separately to find their own paths, which eventually lead back to one another more worldly wise and mature.
"This is UVU community engagement at its best," said this year’s director, UVU theatre artist-in-residence David Tinney. "Not only are we partnering with Sundance to produce a first rate theatrical experience, but we have engaged performers from UVU, BYU, the Utah Valley community and former Utah residents who are now working in the professional theater."
Group tickets are $15 per person for groups of 20 or more and are available now. Individual tickets are $18 and will go on sale starting June 1. You can purchase tickets by calling toll free (866) 571-3379 Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Erin Spurgeon
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