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approaches, giving a contrasting version of the cruel experiences that one can suffer ("I Can See It" (reprise)). As Luisa disappears, El Gallo turns to leave, the injured Matt makes a pitiful attempt to stop him from hurting Luisa, but El Gallo knocks him away and disappears. Luisa returns to find that El Gallo has left with her necklace, and she sits in tears. El Gallo, as the narrator, explains poetically that he had to hurt Matt and Luisa, and also himself in the process. Matt comforts Luisa, and he tells her a little about his experiences, and the two realize that everything they wanted was each other ("They Were You"; "Metaphor" (reprise)), but that they now understand that more deeply. The
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about one another, noticing all the flaws that have become glaringly visible by daylight ("This Plum Is Too Ripe"). The children try to recreate their romantic mood from the previous night and mock their fathers. Eventually, in a fit of pique, Hucklebee reveals that the kidnapping and the feud were fake. Matt and Luisa are mortified, and the fathers' mutual recrimination quickly escalates into a real feud; they storm off to their respective houses. Matt sees El Gallo and, in a desperate attempt to regain his honor and Luisa's love, challenges him to a duel. El Gallo easily disarms Matt and leaves him embarrassed. Matt and Luisa then argue; she calls him a poseur, while he calls her childish.
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statue and does nothing but sit and dream; Matt still hasn't returned. They then sing about the uncertainties of raising children, as compared with the reliability of vegetable gardening ("Plant a Radish"). Luisa sees El Gallo watching her and is intrigued by the handsome, experienced bandit. Impulsively, she asks him to take her away to see the world. In a long fantasy sequence, they preview a series of romantic adventures through a mask of unreality, while in the background Matt is being abused and beaten by Henry and
Mortimer portraying a series of unpleasant exotic employers. Luisa's fantasies become increasingly frenzied, exhausting and darkly underscored ("Round and Round").
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music of the "Rape Ballet", although this song did not replace "It
Depends on What You Pay" at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, where, with the edits made in the book, audiences accepted the song. An edited version of "It Depends on What You Pay" was used in the long-running Jerry Orbach Theater version of the show. MTI (Music Theater International), which licenses the show, offers "Abductions" as an alternative choice.
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El Gallo tells Luisa to pack her things for the journey, but before she goes inside to do so, he asks her to give him her treasured necklace, a relic of her dead mother, as a pledge that she will return. As she goes inside, El Gallo promises her a world of beauty and grandeur; at the same time, Matt
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and was produced on a very low budget. The producer spent $ 900 on the set and $ 541 on costumes, at a time when major
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Matt is eager to leave the provincial town. He and El Gallo discuss his gleaming vision of adventure ("I Can See It"). Henry and
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has become a staple of regional, community and high school productions since its premiere, with approximately 250 new productions each year. It is played with a small cast, two- to three-person orchestra and minimalist set design.
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617:Margaret Anne Florence
401:Servant of Two Masters
350:Joy Comes to Deadhorse
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2412:Off-Broadway musicals
2138:Redman, Bridgette M.
2050:"Amazing Facts About
1975:Billington, Michael.
1858:"Tom Jones to Depart
846:Hallmark Hall of Fame
743:on January 17, 2014.
735:2014 US national tour
336:Jones, together with
147:2010 West End revival
1862:Off-Broadway June 6"
1389:The Rape of the Lock
1325:Soon It's Gonna Rain
1004:Off-Broadway revival
936:Soon It's Gonna Rain
783:Menninger Foundation
629:Jerry Orbach Theater
577:Off-Broadway revival
259:Little Mary Sunshine
235:The Threepenny Opera
195:The show's original
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1977:"'The Fantasticks'"
1959:Guilfoyle, Lizzie.
1948:"'The Fantasticks'"
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1829:"Cleale Returns to
1773:to Close this June"
1648:"The Fifth Decade!"
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1311:"Much More" – Luisa
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1224:Edward Petherbridge
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2032:Fantasticks
2015:Fantasticks
1808:Fantasticks
1508:(in French)
1404:Gothic rape
1373:Controversy
1268:John Gower
1130:Ron Leibman
1085:Luke Brady
1045:Burke Moses
771:Peace Corps
678:Rick Fisher
641:Arena Stage
601:(Bellomy),
591:Burke Moses
519:Glenn Close
327:Productions
274:Oscar Wilde
240:Jerome Kern
178:allegorical
111:Productions
2401:Categories
2271:References
1233:Bill Tost
1209:John Wood
1192:David Burt
1158:Clive Rowe
1120:Lorna Want
991:TV special
966:Character
769:, for the
694:David Burt
690:Clive Rowe
686:Lorna Want
535:Bert Convy
481:Word Baker
459:as Luisa,
224:Background
164:is a 1960
131:TV special
2367:Live Blog
2363:Official
1182:Joel Grey
1143:Bert Lahr
881:Joel Grey
858:Bert Lahr
708:wrote in
543:Lore Noto
465:Tom Jones
380:'s book,
315:Donizetti
228:The 1954
201:Lore Noto
174:Tom Jones
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2253:Archived
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2124:June 20,
2075:Playbill
1882:Archived
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1485:Archived
1301:Overture
1257:The Mute
984:West End
795:Mandarin
789:and the
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496:libretto
487:Our Town
391:Our Town
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2392:article
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702:Carl Au
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346:Western
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1245:Teller
942:Act II
781:, the
779:Kansas
549:, and
358:Apache
313:, and
266:, and
76:Lyrics
2388:2002
1418:Notes
1296:Act I
959:Casts
912:Act I
830:Flint
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135:1995
129:1964
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96:Basis
66:Music
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