“THE FANTASTICKS” feature by Tom Jones: Of that small handful of people who were involved in the original production of THE FANTASTICKS, no two will remember it quite the same. Even Harvey and I, who were there at the very beginning, and who have, in tandem, answered the same reportorial questions about its history for fully fifty years - even we differ, on particulars if not on primary events. This then is my own particular version of the story of THE FANTASTICKS. It is not true history. It is personal reminiscence, as selective as that phrase implies, and also as flawed. Read more…