(BRIDGETON, NJ) -- The Off Broad Street Players presents The Fantasticks across two weekends from March 20-29, 2026 at Hopeloft in Bridgeton. There's always time to remember this romantic fable about a boy, a girl, their two fathers and a love that grows with each season.

"Try To Remember" a time when this romantic charmer wasn't enchanting audiences around the world. The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time.

The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."

Performances take place March 20,21,27,28 at 7:30pm; and March 22 & 29 at 3:00pm. Tickets are available at the door or by calling (856) 364-6849. Hopeloft is located at 40 E. Commerce Street in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

The cast includes Jim Cook, Jr. (El Gallo, The Narrator); Nick Murphy (Matt, The Boy); Juliette Angelus (Luisa, The Girl); Marcella McMahon (The Mute); Richard Curcio (Hucklebee, The Boy's Father); Sal Sanzo (Henry, The Old Actor); and Kadin Bevin (Mortimer, The Man Who Dies).

The production is Directed by Nick Saverine with Musical Direction by Walter A. Webster.  The Fantasticks is by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

The Off Broad Street Players are an organization of local performers and volunteers dedicated to the art of theatre and storytelling. They believe in inclusion and acceptance in the stories that we tell, as well as the casts and crews that tell them. At its best, theatre and stories can challenge us, inspire us, and even change us. OBSP continues to strive for excellence in theatre, and hopes to serve the South Jersey community for many years to come. 

OBSP is committed to providing a harassment-free and inclusive environment for everyone regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, physical appearance, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, or religion