Trunk from <i>The Fantasticks</i>
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black painted wooden trunk with diagonally set decorative braces along front side, and top panels; tattered maroon velvet upholstery, partially exposing painted wood beneath, has been used as filler between the braces within the large triangular sections; false back opening on one long side covered with draped black cloth tacked along top edge; black painted iron handle on front edge of lid with black cloth electrical tape exposed beneath; lid is fabric-lined; colored silk handkerchiefs, swatches of different colored velvets, felts, metallic prints tacked to the inside of the lid, which is attached to the base by a door hinge; rope attached to ring hooks on lid and base at each side; white and colored confetti strewn around lid and inside bottom.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Stage set furnishing used in the first run of the musical, <i>The Fantasticks</i>. <i>The Fantasticks</i> has an iconic, minimalist set. Many props are kept in the trunk throughout the show for the actors to use in order to tell the story.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The musical opened off-Broadway on May 3, 1960 and ran for 42 years (until 2002), making it the longest running musical in history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musical Theater
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Krug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0211.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0211
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0211.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trunk
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 3/4 in x 48 in x 32 1/4 in; 67.945 cm x 121.92 cm x 81.915 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 74 in x 39 in; 139.7 cm x 187.96 cm x 99.06 cm