Young love is something seen or felt, but soon forgotten.
In Theatre UCF’s production of “The Fantasticks”, the story proved that although the path of young love has ups and downs, it should never be forgotten.
Leigh Green played the innocent, naive Luisa who falls in love with Salvatore Vieira’s character Matt. Whether their love was planned or tempted by the wall that separates their house holds (a nod to the Greek myth “Pyramus and Thisbe”), the two get a glimpse of each other as well as the world, under the watchful eye of the bandit El Gallo, played by Hunter Curry.
The musical touched upon many themes such as birth and death that are symbolized by seasons, while also pulling across many stories and themes written by Shakespeare. Quotes from Shakespeare’s works are smartly placed all throughout the musical from plays like “Romeo and Juliet”, “Othello”, “Hamlet”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, and “Julius Caesar”. Another theme touched upon in the musical was a few thought-provoking perspectives of how differently the same person can have different views of the world, and leave the world with different scars.
The Fantasticks ended its run on Saturday as Theatre UCF performers gear up for their next production called “The Underpants,” beginning September 19 through October 5.
“Much to the dismay of boorish Theo Maske, his wife created a public scandal when she accidentally lost her underpants in public,” the shows description says. “Theo decides to keep her out of public view to avoid future incidents, but chaos ensues when some witnesses to the incident decide they’d like to see a little more. Steve Martin’s laugh-out-loud comedy is a retelling of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 play Die Hose”
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