With music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones, the Fantasticks tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play Les Romanesques by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud, and features timeless classics such as “Try to Remember” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain.” The show's original Off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical,
