#576
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:10pm
I'm actually glad they are beefing up security. More Broadway shows should do the same.
Updated On: 12/14/15 at 08:10 PM
Fiddler on the Roof Previews — Page 24
#577
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:29pm
While Hamilton is a great show, it's book isn't even close to the level of Fiddler.
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#578
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:30pm
I know it wasn't VintageSnarker as a Law Enforcement Officer. While I am not permitted to say how you can identify one, trust me this one was not. I do feel it is a good deterrent though if people believe there is a bomb sniffing dog.
#579
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:41pm
Hamilton22 said: "I'm actually glad they are beefing up security. More Broadway shows should do the same.
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Security? Where?
#580
Posted: 12/14/15 at 8:52pm
Absolutely, Fiddler is predictable and comfortable. As for comfortable, you're meant to feel good about how much this family loves each other; it's a show about family, community and love. As for predictable, the whole show is a pattern: A man claims devotion to his religious faith and traditions, then proceeds to break them not once, not twice, but three times in the same way (daughter wants to marry non-traditionally, father says never, daughter begs in a song, father says ok). Then they are chased out of their homes for being Jewish at the very end of the show. No one saw that ending coming based on the threatening police officers and youth?
#581
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:05pm
How has rush been? What time should I arrive?
#582
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:16pm
I have a front mezzanine ticket (seat C102) for Friday, February 19 that I now cannot use because of a work commitment that evening. Rather than start a new thread, I thought I would just post the opportunity here.
$50 and it is yours. PDF ticket. You can pay via PayPal. PM me if interested.
Updated On: 12/14/15 at 09:16 PM
#583
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:20pm
My friend and I got a rush seat two hours before the show, second row in the rear mezz, great view!
#584
Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:56pm
After seeing the production photos, I must say: I LOVE the set! Yes, it is minimal but very effective. Those photos have made me want to see the show now. well to see the set and Danny, who I have a secret crush on.
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#585
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:00pm
"I know it wasn't VintageSnarker as a Law Enforcement Officer. While I am not permitted to say how you can identify one, trust me this one was not. I do feel it is a good deterrent though if people believe there is a bomb sniffing dog."
Thanks for the response. I'll take your word for it. I was just curious about how you would have known if you didn't have a background in law enforcement. One of my more fanciful ideas was that they might have borrowed a Sandy from a production of Annie.
#586
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:18pm
SNAFU said: "After seeing the production photos, I must say: I LOVE the set! Yes, it is minimal but very effective. Those photos have made me want to see the show now. well to see the set and Danny, who I have a secret crush on."
I agree, it's stunning in it's simplicity and Michael Yeargan has done a good job with it as he did with the stunning sets in The King and I. I can't wait to see it on January 8th along with another viewing of The King and I.
#587
Posted: 12/15/15 at 12:14pm
BTW: This picture of the wall opening up during the ending here is once again the similar concept to what Bartlett Sher and Michael Yeargan did with The King and I where traditions are broken down and the white light somewhat represents the uncertainty of the future.
#588
Posted: 12/15/15 at 12:18pm
indytallguy said: "I have a front mezzanine ticket (seat C102) for Friday, February 19 that I now cannot use because of a work commitment that evening. Rather than start a new thread, I thought I would just post the opportunity here.
$50 and it is yours. PDF ticket. You can pay via PayPal. PM me if interested."
You can usually exchange it for a different date without much hassle if you call Telecharge.
#589
Posted: 12/15/15 at 2:20pm
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
#590
Posted: 12/15/15 at 2:40pm
You wouldn't know VintageSnarker. But I do like your "Sandy" idea! That gave a good laugh.
Updated On: 12/15/15 at 02:40 PM
#591
Posted: 12/15/15 at 4:44pm
DancinMan said: "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
Tom Pye's set for Fiddler back in 2004 was a bit too simplistic and dull. Michael Yeargan's set designs are better thought out and more consistent to me.
#592
Posted: 12/15/15 at 5:46pm
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.
#593
Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:35pm
Really weird reading posts from people raving about sets they have only seen in pictures.
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#594
Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:36pm
DAME said: "Really weird reading posts from people raving about sets they have only seen in pictures."
Well, no one's uploaded a bootleg to YouTube yet...
#596
Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:40pm
Dame, not so much. After hearing over and over how cartoony the floating houses were, to see them in a photo and knowing the inspiration, I happen to be impressed with the design. As I said, it is the photos that have piqued my interest in seeing the show.
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#597
Posted: 12/15/15 at 7:13pm
SNAFU said: "Dame, not so much. After hearing over and over how cartoony the floating houses were, to see them in a photo and knowing the inspiration, I happen to be impressed with the design. As I said, it is the photos that have piqued my interest in seeing the show."
Cool. Weird.. but cool. But I have seen the show. And I am a champion for the show. But the set is ugly and doesn't serve the productions elements well. Glad you enjoyed the pictures.
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#598
Posted: 12/15/15 at 7:23pm
The set looks really ugly and bare in the theater. And the floating houses are just a small part of the disappointment.
#599
Posted: 12/15/15 at 8:21pm
As another poster who was disappointed in Yeargen's sets this time around, I gotta say I'm really impressed with the sets designed by Kevin Depinet in DancinMan's post a couple of entries above. That final shot of the village shows how evocative the floating house idea can be with the right execution. Well done. Wish this had been the production I saw at the Broadway.
#600
Posted: 12/16/15 at 1:34am
Dame, how weird when I make my living in theatre and television design?
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