Trunk from <i>The Fantasticks</i>
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black painted wooden trunk with iron fixtures; handle screwed into each side; "S"-shaped flat wrought iron embellishment on each side panel; four "S"-curved pieces on long front and back panels; hinged lid attached with door hinge; tray inside left half top nailed to brace supports; colored tissue paper confetti strewn on floor inside; rope to hold open lid is attached to ring hook on lid and brace inside. Stage set furnishing used in the first run of the musical, "The Fantasticks."
label: Description (Brief)
content: "The Fantasticks" 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: 2002.0211.02
label: accession number
content: 2002.0211
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0211.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trunk
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 32 1/4 in x 16 in; 48.26 cm x 81.915 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 74 in x 39 in; 139.7 cm x 187.96 cm x 99.06 cm