Danny Burstein-Led FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Revival Will Open This December!- Page 3

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 4:04pm

And he's cute as a button, so that doesn't hurt.

[evic]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 4:37pm

I find Jessica annoying....but she is a better choice that the more annoying Rosie- that casting was a sick joke.  If she is Jewish, at least she has some yiddishkeit.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 5:07pm

Kantor is MUCH more suited for Perchik. Odd casting.

[Tag]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 6:13pm

Technically they're all too old for their roles.  In an orthodox Jewish family, they would be getting married from approx 18-22 years of age.  Tevye & Golde could easily be 30-35 with 5 children (except in the show they have been together for 25 years).

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 7:14pm

I can't imagine that most shetl-dwelling 45-year-olds looked younger than Burstein and Hecht do at 50.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 8:51pm

Removed as I have been rightly corrected by the Distinctive Baritone.

Updated On: 7/1/15 at 08:51 PM

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 6/30/15 at 9:14pm

What are you talking about? Fyedka is the Gentile, not Perchik.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 1:30am

I hate when people bring up actual age. I have no clue what his ACTUAL age is. All I know is he READS older. He just played Jamie in Last 5 Years, which is a man who has gone through a freaking divorce and here he's playing some naive tailor? I don't buy it. I have no interest in seeing this anyway, but it just seems like odd casting considering all the other possibilities. I don't think it'll be a bad show, but how could you possibly reinvent this show and make me want to pay 100+ to see it? 

[LarryD2]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 6:09am

I hate when people bring up actual age. I have no clue what his ACTUAL age is. All I know is he READS older. He just played Jamie in Last 5 Years, which is a man who has gone through a freaking divorce and here he's playing some naive tailor?

It drives me crazy when people on here try to judge an actor's entire ability based on one role. So he reads older to YOU based on one performance you saw? That has no bearing on the performance he may/will give here. That's why it's called "acting". He's an actor -- he'll act younger. 

Updated On: 7/1/15 at 06:09 AM

[newintown]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 7:33am

"That's why it's called "acting". He's an actor -- he'll act younger."

Yeah! Katharine Cornell acted younger when she played Juliet at 42, Candida at 53, and Cleopatra at 54. (Or so I hear...)

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 7:51am

At the Shaw Festival I once saw a matinee of "Peter Pan" (Barrie's original play) with the most persuasive Wendy I could imagine. I mean, I knew she wasn't 12 or whatever, but I assumed she must have been a recent college grad. That evening I saw her as Myra Arundel in "Hay Fever"--turns out she was around 40.

Good actors well cast can play pretty much any age, I think.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 8:25am

I would've loved to see Josh Grisetti as Motel, now that It Shoulda Been You is closing.

Hecht is wonderful casting, though.

[buhbuhbilly]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 8:47pm

I know Judy Kuhn was in consideration for Golde, which would have been cool I think! I'm excited to see Hecht-great choice :) 

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 9:43pm

"I would've loved to see Josh Grisetti as Motel, now that It Shoulda Been You is closing.
Hecht is wonderful casting, though."

 Josh Grisetti is actually going to do Prince of Broadway in Japan, but I agree--he would have been a dynamite Motel.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:02pm

Jackie Hoffman for Yente please

[ethan231h]

Posted: 7/3/15 at 10:33pm

^agree

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 7/4/15 at 12:01pm

Oh I don't think they will let Hoffman near the role of Yente with a ten foot pole.  Don't get me wrong - I think she's a laugh, but her exaggerated and unpredictable shtick would be a distraction from the tone of the overall show.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 7/4/15 at 1:07pm

Jackie is 100% capable of sticking to a script and listening to a director.

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 7/4/15 at 2:38pm

You would have to convince Bart Sher of that. 

[Musical Master]

Posted: 7/5/15 at 9:37pm

Nice casting so far, can't wait to hear about the rest. I wonder what Michael Yeargan's set design for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will look like.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 7/5/15 at 9:42pm

Maybe it's because I am very unfamiliar with her, but I was a tad saddened by the Golde casting news. I was really hoping for someone I knew (in my heart, at least...) would be an ideal choice. Like Andrea Martin was in the last revival. But I do hope that Jessica Hecht will prove me wrong!

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 7/6/15 at 1:32am

What about Andrea Martin for Yentel?

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/6/15 at 1:38am

She would be great, but she's doing Noises Off during the same exact time of Fiddler on the Roof

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/6/15 at 5:52am

"Maybe it's because I am very unfamiliar with her, but I was a tad saddened by the Golde casting news. I was really hoping for someone I knew (in my heart, at least...) would be an ideal choice. Like Andrea Martin was in the last revival. But I do hope that Jessica Hecht will prove me wrong!"

 You make it sound as if she's some newcomer they plucked off the street. You're aware she's a Tony-nominated actress, right?

[Marway44]

Posted: 7/6/15 at 6:35am

I just got my tickets.  There is a lot not being sold right now and the mezzanine and balcony are practically empty.  I was able to snag Orch row D, 107 and 108.  What have you all gotten for seats?

Updated On: 7/6/15 at 06:35 AM