How long will fiddler last?
How long will fiddler last?
Notreallysilent 2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/15
#1How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/23/16 at 11:05pm
Imseeing this show over the summer, but I'm just wondering if there's a chance it'll close in the summer? The grosses have slowly gone down, so I figured I'll ask what people's opinions are. I definitely do not want to miss it!
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#3How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 12:08am
It may depend on the exposure they receive following the Tony Awards. I'm sure the show will hold out for the Tonys to see if it takes home any awards. Staggering numbers aren't always indications that a show will meet a quick end. On The Town played to a half-empty house with an average ticket price of $50 for nearly a year before they closed.
"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur
#5How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 7:54am
I can see this closing in January. I don't think it will go before then.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#6How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:50am
I'm thinking no sooner than January as well. It's got to be making its weekly nut, right?
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#7How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 9:18am
It's a large cast but I imagine it is making its nut.
#8How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:25am
I'm guessing until whenever Danny wants to leave.
#9How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 5:52pm
Danny is a wonderful performer. Sadly he is misdirected in this revival but he is hardly a box office draw.
I am a big Danny Burstein fan for Follies, Drowsy Chaperone, Golden Boy and South Pacific.. Outside of Broadway World and Broadway insiders, most ticket buyers don't know who he is.
He may even win the Tony for Fiddler because he's been nominated so many times. If he gets the award, like Kelly O Hara it will be for his wonderful body of work; not his misguided Tevye.
Danny's leaving will not be the reason the show closes. There are many names larger than his that they can put in.
AnnieBlack
Leading Actor Joined: 4/3/14
#10How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 5:58pm
What happened to it? It came out of the post previews gate so strongly, and people were talking about it so fondly, and it just seems to have lost momentum...
#11How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 6:09pm
I don't see why the concern. It is pulling in $800k per week right now, it is right before the Summer bump. I am sure it will do fine through the Summer. It will take a dip after Labor Day, but should still do decent business through the holidays. If most of the cast is on a year contracts, which should end around December, my guess is it closes after the holidays.
Not to be confused with Dave19.
Updated On: 5/24/16 at 06:09 PM
#12How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 6:36pm
goldenboy said: "Danny is a wonderful performer. Sadly he is misdirected in this revival."
You do realize that is only a minority opinion, right?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#13How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 6:44pm
I absolutely agree with goldenboy. Danny's a wonderful performer who is giving a misguided performance as Tevye in this production....not just him but most of the cast. I'm a huge fan of Bart Sher and his creative team, but the work they did on this Fiddler just did not breath new life into it. From the new framing device, to the design, to the performances...it's just not working together.
AnnieBlack, I think part of the reason that the interest is plummeting is because the reviews were not accurately written and they tried to pander to a certain audience....it's just not that wonderful of a production. I believe it was given a pass because of it's standing as one of the great musicals of all time and all the respected creative team/star involved. Now that the hype surrounding its return is gone people are seeing it for what it is....a great show that has now aged with time and isn't as relevant with audiences today combined with the fact that this isn't as wonderfully reimagined as South Pacific and The King and I were. It needed that to really work in 2016.
To be honest, we just didn't need it on Broadway again. If you want to see a stunning production of it, try and find David Leveaux's Broadway Revival in 2004 with Alfred Molina....that is the one that should stay in audiences minds.
evic
Broadway Star Joined: 3/5/04
#15How long will fiddler last?
Posted: 5/24/16 at 9:55pm
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I thought that the Leveaux production, while beautiful to look at was what Reidel called it- "A Goyish Production". You really need the Yiddishkeit factor and that one just didn't have it. Molina was no Tevye, Randy Graff was blah, and Nancy Opel, who I adore, was so miscast as Yente. This production took some chances and in my opinion, failed as well. I never believed that Danny, who is a cute teddy bear, was a Tevye that the townspeople looked to for advice. Sher lost so much of the humor of the show. If it doesn't win awards, look for a closing notice for the end of June. I assume the show's nut to be around $800,000 and they have rarely met that number. I am also assuming that the Shuberts are giving them a rent break and that some of the creatives are foregoing their royalties to keep the show afloat. It has been on TDF for many performances- not a good sign for a show that opened 5 months ago. It is a huge theater to fill.
