Lamas will take on the role of the narrator, El Gallo.
Golden Globe-nominated actor Lorenzo Lamas (Falcon Crest) will join the cast of the long-running musical The Fantasticks this fall. Lamas' limited engagement will begin on October 24 and conclude November 6 at The Theater Center.
Lamas will take on the role of the narrator, El Gallo. The current cast of The Fantasticks features Andrew Polec as The Boy (Matt), Madison Claire Parks as The Girl (Luisa), Donald Corren as The Boy’s Father (Hucklebee), Dale Hensley as The Girl's Father (Bellomy), MacIntyre Dixon as The Old Actor (Henry), Michael Nostrand as The Man Who Dies (Mortimer), and Drew Seigla as The Mute. The cast also includes John Thomas Waite, Rob Richardson, and Belinda Allyn.
The Fantasticks, featuring music by Harvey Schmidt and book, lyrics, and direction by Tom Jones, follows a boy and girl who fall in love and then quickly grow apart. The score includes hit songs such as "Try to Remember," "Soon It's Gonna Rain," and "They Were You."
Robert Felstein is the musical director/pianist and Marge Fitts is the harpist. Al Parinello and Catherine Russell produce.