The Maskrafters have also done recent plays including Proof,The Fantasticks, Grease, and Shakespeare's The Tempest.
The musical comedy The Fantasticks has a controversial song ("It Depends on What You Pay") about "an old-fashioned rape".
:Also see the musical The Fantasticks.
Petherbridge has performed in stage musicals, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White, Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars, The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, Coco by André Previn and Alan Jay Lerner, and most recently a musical version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
After Liza Minnelli's first album for Capitol Records was released in September 1964, she kept busy with a tour (The Fantasticks with Elliott Gould), television appearances, and even co-starred alongside her mother Judy Garland in a series of concerts in London (Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live At The London Palladium).
He also served as head writer and associate director for The Virtual Magician starring Marco Tempest, which aired in 45 countries; created, produced and performed in the Discovery Channel documentary, Cracking the Con Games; and has consulted on feature films including The Fantasticks.
Arthy made her professional debut with the Brisbane Repertory Theater in 1958 and from 1961 appeared onstage in Sydney - initially in Alan Seymour's The One Day of the Year - and later in Melbourne, a successful run of The Fantasticks.
He has also appeared in musical comedies such as Little Mary Sunshine, Mame, Once Upon a Mattress, Plaza Suite, 1776, Godspell, Man of La Mancha, Dames at Sea, The Fantasticks, and others.
Jonathon Morris performed the song in the 1995 film version of The Fantasticks, and a cover version was made by Leon Lai for the 1998 Hong Kong film City of Glass.
He also appeared on stage in local productions of Advise and Consent, Death of a Salesman and The Fantasticks.
"Soon It's Gonna Rain" from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album