Fiddler on the Roof Previews- Page 24

[Hamilton22]

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

[FindingNamo]

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.

 

On the ROOF?

[Marway44]

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.

[SmokeyLady]

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?

[theminutepast]

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?   

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 12/14/15 at 9:05pm

How has rush been? What time should I arrive?

[indytallguy]

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

[phantomcrazy14]

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!

[SNAFU]

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.

[VintageSnarker]

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.

[Musical Master]

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.

[Musical Master]

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.

 

[haterobics]

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.

[DancinMan]

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

[Marway44]

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

[Musical Master]

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.

[DancinMan]

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.

http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_chicago_entertainment/fiddler-on-the-roof-review.php

[DAME]

Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:35pm

Really weird reading posts from people raving about sets they have only seen in pictures.  

[haterobics]

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... 

[Hamilton22]

Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:37pm

riiiiiight  

[SNAFU]

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.

 

[DAME]

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. 

 

[SmokeyLady]

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.  

[Someone in a Tree2]

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.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/16/15 at 1:34am

Dame, how weird when I make my living in theatre and television design?