Any Tevyas Left?
Any Tevyas Left?
Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:06pm
Som let's assume that Fiddler now breaks box office records (surpasses the records BKLYN set) and runs for a few more years.
Are there any decent Teveyas left out there? Obviously we have to have a name in the role since New York law requires that.
I'm having a hard time coming up with some names. Assuming they don't go in the Burt Reynolds/Brooke Shields mode, who are the replacements?
Richard Dryfuss (yes..we all know the problems), Brian Denehey, George Hamilton (a tanned Teveya)?
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#1re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:08pm
Bernadette Peters as Tevye
(If she can play Rose, and Harvey can play Tevye, anything is possible)
Nathan Lane as Tevye
Steve Martin as Tevye
Bruce Vilanch as Tevye (He can grow his beard back)
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Updated On: 1/21/05 at 01:08 PM
#2re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:12pm
Hello?...JACKIE MASON!
I can see it now. "A fiddler on the roof, sounds too Jewish, no?...But, it's up to you."
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
Updated On: 1/21/05 at 01:12 PM
JamieMcG
Broadway Star Joined: 6/12/03
#3re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:16pmRobert Diamond
"There is nothing scary about life, if you are not attached to the results." - Conversations With God
#4re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:16pmJohn Goodman
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#5re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:18pmI don't want to see Nathan Lane or Bruce Vilanch in anything; but I'll take a Tony Shaloub or Tom Wopat or James Naughton or Kelsey Grammer.
scooter3843
#6re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:23pmHow about Gavin Creel in the scantily clad version of Fiddler? A guy can dream, can't he?
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
#7re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:28pm
How about gender switching?
All the females played by males, and males by females?
Then you can have Patti LuPone play Tevye and
Mandy Patinkin play Golda with
Harvey as Yenta and
Matthew Broderick, Mark Kudish, and Jeffrey Kuhn as the daughters.
Kristin Chenowith can be Motel.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#8re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:30pmI actually think Nathan Lane would be a great Tevye - and we all know he can do what Zero has done just as well...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#9re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:31pmHow about an all male version in a world where gay marriage is permitted?
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
#10re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:31pmAs for gender switching...a while ago Zero and Harvey did the "Do You Love Me?" duet - Zero as Tevye, of course!
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#11re: Any Tevyas Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:34pm
Mandy Patinkin
Nathan Lane
Kelsey Grammer
Jason Alexander
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WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#12re: Any Tevyes Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:38pmElliott Gould
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#13Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:38pm
Iwish - funny, when I went to see fiddler again with harvey, we named the last three on your list.
We decided Jason was too short, Kelsey was too "intellectual" sounding, and Nathan would be great.
P.S. Can we please change the title to tevyE
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#14Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:57pm
Mandy Patinkin, Nathan Lane, Brian Dennehy (could be interesting, if he can sing?) Kelsey Grammer, and I would LOVE to see Brad Oscar do the role.
I'm sure there are plenty of great actors out there who could pull it off. Didn't people doubt Alfred Molina when he was announced, and Harvey as well? You just never know.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
RockyRoad
Leading Actor Joined: 9/4/04
#15Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 6:02pm
Jackie Mason and Mandy would be great ideas. Steve Martin..hmmm..interesting and I wouldn't be suprised if he pulled it off.
Kelsey...too white bread. I think it would be an upper class Tevye.
Would love to see Kaye Ballard as Golde.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#16Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:28pm
Mandy Patinkin would be great. Jason Alexander would be great - even better than he was doing Tevye in JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY when he was in his 20's (and won a Tony)!
#17Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 7:40pmIt's obvious that Michael McKeen and Bruce Vilanch are next in line. I've said this in other threads...
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#18Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:09pmHow about Hasselhoff after Harvey leaves ?
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FalmouthJ
Chorus Member Joined: 4/21/04
#19Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:17pmStunning that no one has yet mentioned Rob Bartlett. Funny and touching. A perfect choice for Tevye.
#20Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 8:24pmPatinkin as Tevye? **Shudders**
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#21Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 9:07pmROb Bartlett DID do a good Tevye in LSOH...
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
#22Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 9:45pmWell, since "The Woman in White" is suspected to be entering the Minskoff in November, Fiddler only has until about September to finish its run off, but I definitely vote for Rob Bartlett!
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Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 10:14pmAfter seeing his Women in White pics, I think Michael Crawford would be a perfect Teveyea
Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity last forever.
Watch out BWW...
HE'S BACK.
#24Any TEVYES Left?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 10:30pmI think the perfect Tevye is playing the role on Broadway at the moment. Jason Alexander is someone I wouln't pay a dime to see do anything - he is horrifying.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
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