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Tom Jones, Lyricist and Librettist of Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks,’ Dies at 95 (variety.com)

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Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday 14 August 2023 at his home in Sharon, Connecticut of cancer. He was 95.

Jones and the late composer Harvey Schmidt created the musical allegory “The Fantasticks,” which opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and ran off-Broadway for a record-setting 42 years and over 17,000 performances.

Jones grew up in Coleman, Texas, and attended the University of Texas, Austin, in the late ’40s, where he met Schmidt, with whom Jones collaborated on 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do!, Celebration, Philemon, Colette, Mirette, and Roadside.

Jones was writing revised lyrics to The Fantasticks as recently as 2022, for a Flint Repertory Theatre production that featured two men cast as the romantic leads.

Jones is survived by his sons Michael and Sam Jones from his second marriage to choreographer Janet Watson, who died in 2016.

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