Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015- Page 5
Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
theatreguy12
Broadway Star Joined: 4/20/15
#100Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:07pm
Me, too. I want to see it as pure and traditional as it can be. I have a feeling Sher will do some great things with it.
JoeyEvans1206
Understudy Joined: 2/19/15
#101Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:31pm
There is no doubt Sher will direct a first-class revival full of vision, beauty, cultural and historical authenticity, and warmth.
But oh man The Broadway? - such a monstrosity of a theater. If anything will get me back into this barn, it will be a Sher revival!
#102Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 9:53pm
I'm pretty sure it was the Broadway Theater in which I saw Zero in the early 70's revival of Fiddler. The size of the theater suited him and the production just fine as I recall.
Not sure which theater it was where I first saw Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway (ETA: just checked--it was the Imperial)-- regardless, it was the first Broadway musical I ever saw, then starring the nearly forgotten Harry Goz (who also seemed to fill his theater with no apparent difficulty).
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#103Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 11:09pm
"I wonder what the new production's choreographer Hofesh Shecther will bring to the table when it comes to "based on original conceptions and dances by Jerome Robbins". If it's just like what Joshua Bergasse did in ON THE TOWN and Christopher Gattelli's work on THE KING AND I; then I'm in."
Aren't they contractually obligated to use much of Robbin's choreography?
#104Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 11:20pm
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for Motel
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#105Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/26/15 at 11:39pm
>I guess it's too much to dream that Kelli O'Hara will join the cast... Is that even possible??<
Who would she play? Fyedka?
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#107Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:17am
Laura Michelle Kelly should reprise her role of Hodel
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#108Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:19am
No she shouldn't.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#109Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:21am
It would be nice to see how much she's changed in the last 10 years.
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#110Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:23amShe's way too old for the role.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#111Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:25am
That's true. It would be utterly fascinating to see how much Laura Michelle Kelly has grown over the last 10 years.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#112Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:32am
Sally Murphy was 38 when she played Tzeitel (who, according to Golde, is "not yet 20") in the last revival.
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#113Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:36am
Actually, Sally Murphy was 41/42. (Not sure what she publicly gives as her age, but she was born in October 1962). However, she has always read considerably younger throughout her career, and she didn't seem too mature for the role.
Laura Michelle Kelly, however, DID seem a bit mature for Hodel ten years ago, when she was the right age (or close to it). Add that to the fact that she wasn't that great to begin with.
Alexandra Socha would make a terrific Tzeitel or Hodel.
#114Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/27/15 at 10:39am...The last revival, which was criticized a great deal for its casting.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#115Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/29/15 at 1:55am
Here's an image that I think could be the revival's poster artwork.
Monty12112
Stand-by Joined: 10/16/14
#116Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/30/15 at 6:38am
Can't believe I am about to say this but I never saw Fiddler on the Roof before. Glad it's coming back and finally get a chance to see it!
#117Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/30/15 at 10:35am
I really love the artwork for this.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#118Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 5/30/15 at 4:43pm
I really love the art work too. One of the best artworks of recent years
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#119Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/1/15 at 6:00pm
Hopping into the party late (as I just came across the shows official website: http://fiddlerontheroof2015.com) and backing my comment from last month on what this revival will offer marketing wise that the last few revivals did not: I absolutely love the artwork for this. Wow.
#120Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/2/15 at 2:23am
Wow, that artwork looks amazing on it's website. I hope that the artwork is kept for the whole run.
#121Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/2/15 at 2:27pm
Danny Burstein performed at IPW 2015 in Orlando today, along with a few other Broadway shows.
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https://twitter.com/ATLMovieTours/status/605800291158474754
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#122Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/2/15 at 2:36pm
""I wonder what the new production's choreographer Hofesh Shecther will bring to the table when it comes to "based on original conceptions and dances by Jerome Robbins". If it's just like what Joshua Bergasse did in ON THE TOWN and Christopher Gattelli's work on THE KING AND I; then I'm in."
Aren't they contractually obligated to use much of Robbin's choreography?"
I thought that was true of The King and I, but I guess enough was changed to get Gattelli a Tony nomination. (Although I thought the highlight of The King and I was the Small House of Uncle Thomas ballet, which I thought was all the original Robbins choreography.)
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perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#123Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/4/15 at 3:15pm
Previews are now beginning November 12 (five days earlier than previously announced), with an opening of December 17, at the Broadway Theatre.
#124Fiddler on the Roof is BACK: November 2015
Posted: 6/4/15 at 3:27pm
They are opening a lot earlier now. I wonder why they originally had a long preview period. They were about to do a Honeymoon in Vegas
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