Fiddler closing?

I expect it will be announcing a closing notice soon. The only reason it has lasted this long is the curiousity of seeing Harvey's take on the role, and that seems to have been subsiding lately.

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Yes, I completely agree......Harvey is wonderful, and I applaud him for making this role his own (especially with all the laughs his casting in the revival brought on this board.....haha - told u so!!!). But I don't see there being much of an audience for this production much longer.

Go see Harvey while u can!!!

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i believe so

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There was no tour of this staging. There's pretty much always a Fiddler tour going on, but its the original staging (shameless self promotion: I reviewed the tour on my blog, I think its like the second post).

As for the original question, it'll probably close when Harvey departs. When that is, however, I'm not 100% sure.

What? Was this announced.
I am really pissed, what is this piss on Harvey week?
Shoot.
Another great show bites the dust.
I loved him in it.
I really did.
He was a great Papa. But an even better Mamma in Hairspray.

Crappy concept with a great performance by Harvey.

Harvey is giving one of the most dramatic, complex, and passionate performances on Broadway right now.

Oh, i no. I luv harvey. I met him when he was in Hairspray

"Do you love me?" isn't comic??? Sure it's message is a serious one, but I remember as a child listening to the cast album with Golde blaring out "DO I WHAT?!?!" The sentiment of course is a sweet one, but the song is CLEARLY written as comic. The couple is indeed contemplating the evolution of their marriage, but the comedy comes from the fact that they've been married so long and never even thought about what "love" meant until their kids started questioning arranged marriages. That's funny. God...Can you imagine that song NOT performed comically?

And Harvey can't sing? Hold on...and Alfred Molina, Topol and Zero Mostel CAN? This is not a role written for Brian D'Arcy James or Stokes. it's a CHARACTER ROLE...these are not actors we want to buy a greatest hits CD from.

""Do you love me". There is no reason why there should be laughter at all during this scene. Its a serious scene between a husband and wife contemplating the evolution of their marriage."

Really? According to whom? It's funny, but every Tevye (and Golde) I've ever seen got laughs in that scene, including Zero Mostel and Hershel Bernardi. It's a bitterweet scene that always gets laughs (until the last verse). That's how it was written and how it has ALWAYS been performed. If anything, Fierstein got FEWER laughs than other major Tevyes of the past.

And, to concur with MEF, if you don't think he's a terrific dramatic actor, then you didn't see his Tony-winning performance in "Torch Song Trilogy."

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Updated On: 6/12/05 at 08:12 PM

Thank you Margo! Once again beautifully put.

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::Chuckles at the thought of Harvey as Morrible::

Even though 58012dude was so outrageously, downright, mean about Stephanie, Shoshana (when he was idinamenzelfan) I have to admit, I do agree with him about Harvey.

Does anyone know why the heck I'm agreeing with this creep?
Oops, I guess that was a little mean.

::Let's out a huge sigh::

I'm sorry 58012dude