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The off-Broadway phenomenon The Fantasticks will not be closing next month after all – thanks to a pair of fantastic fans.

The 'financial burdens of Broadway' get the better of Tupac Shakur musical. Image by Darren Johnson / CC BY 2.0

Fans save off-Broadway musical. Image by Darren Johnson / CC BY 2.0 Image by Darren Johnson / CC BY 2.0

Two donors have stepped up and pledged to keep the stalwart, low-tech show open, producer Catherine Russell said. Plans had been made for the New York show to close after some 20,000 performances on May 3, the 55th anniversary of the show’s opening in 1960.

“Neither donor knows the other and both want to remain anonymous,” Ms Russell wrote in an email. “They both just have loved the show for many years and were heartbroken and furious at me for deciding to close it without discussing it with them.”

(Press Association)