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I don't disagree with your comment above. I just wish the concept would have been more thought out/fully executed. Yeargan's design remind me of this regional production in Chicago designed by Kevin Depinet. I would love to see what he could do with a Broadway budget. Broadway too often recycles the same artists when there are much better ones waiting in the wings.http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_chicago_entertainment/fiddler-on-the-roof-review.php

The image of the wall opening up is visually stunning. It does remind me a lot of the previous revivals design. There were walls opening up in the same fashion. I think this revival would have done better utilizing Tom Pye's set design. Here is the link to his designs. http://www.tompye.com/tompye/fiddler_on_the_roof.html#grid

Those houses look terrible. I have seen regional productions designed better than this. How does this quality of work make it to Broadway. I would like to see what John Doyle could do with this show. I will say that the last revival of Fiddler created a beautiful environment for the action to take place in. Much better than those cartoon houses. This just seems so backwards from most of Yeargan's work.

I respect the fact that they wanted to venture in a new direction and hire a choreographer outside of the musical theatre world. After witnessing her work, I was just left uninspired. There is a reason specific choreographers work in the world of musical theatre, because they clearly understand how to tell a story through movement. I am tired of the idea that anyone can work in musical theatre. The choreography lacked structure, substance, creativity and most of all heart. That is the most im...

Can someone explain the large opening in the deck upstage?https://instagram.com/p/-VY1ecyFGN/?tagged=fiddlerontheroof