Fantasticks Japan Tours With Authors

THE FANTASTICKS

Japan Tours With the Authors

“THE FANTASTICKS had been playing in a Japanese language production for many years when a group of Japanese producers invited Harvey Schmidt and me to bring an English speaking company of the show to Japan. . . . We thought it would be an interesting challenge and a wonderful opportunity to see Japan. Besides, there are few phrases more delightful when joined together than ‘room service’ and ‘per diem.’ “ (Read more about touring Japan by Tom Jones…)

Itinerary

1988 Tour

Program

Mayor Koch Declaration

Photos

**Press photo for the 1988 Japan tour at the Sullivan Street Playhouse museum**

**Tom Jones as Henry & James Cook as Mortimer**

**Overture with Harvey Schmidt at the piano and Winifred Starks at the harp**

**Paul Blankenship, Walter Willison and Glory Crampton - Matt Returns**

**Overture 1988 Japan tour (Photo by Saburo Maeda)**

**Paul Blankenship and Glory Crampton with Jim Charles as The Mute- Soon It's Gonna Rain**

**Glory Crampton and Walter Willison in Round and Round**

1990 Tour

Program

Mayor Dinkins Citation

Photos

**Tom Jones as The Old Actor (Photo by Saburo Maeda)**

**Hilary James, Paul Blankenship and Ric Ryder - Metaphor**

**Hilary James and Ric Ryder - Soon It's Gonna Rain**

**Ray Stewart, Michael Piontek and Ralston Hill - It Depends On What You Pay**

**Ray Stewart as Bellomy and Ralston Hill as Hucklebee**

**Michael Piontek and Hilary James in Round and Round**

**Ric Ryder and Michael Piontek - I Can See It**

**James Cook pantomime with Michael Piontek**

**Try to Remember Reprise (Photo by Saburo Maeda)**

**Hilary James as Luisa faints, Ric Ryder as Matt**

**Sam Jones, young son of Tom Jones as El Gallo**

1992 Tour

Program

Photos

**The Fantasticks full company for the 1992 Japan tour**

**Tom Jones as Henry and James Cook as Mortimer in trunk from Japan tour (Photo by Dan Shaheen)**

**Left to right - James Harms, Sam Samuelson, Chiara Peacock and Gannon McHale**

**Tom Jones as Henry and James Cook as Mortimer with the puppet friends**

**Sam Samuelson, Chiara Peacock and Rudy Hogenmiller (back)**

**James Harms as Bellomy and Gannon McHale as Hucklebee**

**Chiara Peacock, Sam Samuelson and Rudy Hogemiller**

**Tom Jones and James Cook as the Old Actors**

**Left to right - Alfred Lakeman, Chiara Peacock, Rudy Hogemiller and Sam Samuelson**

**James Harms, Alfred Lakeman and Gannon McHale - It Depends On What You Pay**

**Tom Jones, Sam Samuelson and James Cook during Round and Round**

**Chiara Peacock and Alfred Lakeman - This Tear is Enough**

**Sam Samuelson and Chiara Peacock with Rudy Hogemiller**

**James Cook as Mortimer doing his death pantomime**

**James Cook as Mortimer and Tom Jones as Henry**

**Tom Jones and James Cook rehearsal photo**

**L to R - Alfred Lakeman, Chiara Peacock, Sam Samuelson and Rudy Hogenmiller**

Sam Samuelson, Chiara Peacock and Rudy Hogenmiller - Soon It's Gonna Rain

**Alfred Lakeman as El Gallo and Chiara Peacock as Luisa**

**Alfred Lakeman, Rudy Hogenmiller and Chiara Peacock**

**Gannon McHale and James Harms as The Fathers**

**Harvey Schmidt drawing of James Cook as Mortimer**

Harvey Schmidt Watercolor

Harvey Schmidt watercolor created as a gift from Jones and Schmidt to Japanese producer Saburo Maeda. On the stage of the Sunshine Theatre in Tokyo, composer Harvey Schmidt is seated (left) at the piano. Lyricist and librettist, Tom Jones, is seated (right) facing the audience as Henry, the old actor.

THE FANTASTICKS

Japan Tours With the Authors

Itinerary

1988 Tour

Program

Mayor Koch Declaration

Photos

1990 Tour

Program

Mayor Dinkins Citation

Photos

1992 Tour

Program

Photos

Harvey Schmidt Watercolor

Bonus Tracks

Harvey Schmidt