
Remembering Rita Gardner— Actor, Singer, Teacher, and the Original “Girl” in “The Fantasticks”
Rita Gardner had so many friends who loved her, and I was lucky to be one of them. Rita’s name is quickly associated as the actor who played ‘The Girl’ (Luisa) in the original Off-Broadway cast of the long-running The Fantasticks (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones) which opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in 1960. Rita […]