Summary of the musical The Fantasticks :
The gallant and enigmatic narrator - El Gallo - introduces us to two young lovers, Matt and Luisa, who live the magical phase, in moonlight, of falling in love. For a while, the romance seems perpetually enthralling. However, El Gallo takes our young protagonists from romantic moonlight to the harsh sun, where the weaknesses of their relationship are exposed and reality is revealed. Understanding that "painlessly the heart is hollow," Matt and Luisa manage to find their own identity and discover their strength as a couple in both the dark and the light.
The Fantasticks is an allegorical story centered on two young lovers, their unruly fathers, and the journey we all have to take through adolescence. The work also reflects on the pain and betrayal, the passion, the challenges of distance, the heartbreak of discovering how to truly love.