Question about the recent Fiddler revival?- Page 2

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 3:24pm

Yeah. lol.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:07pm

I agree w/RentBoy about Fiddler not touring.

Also, how was Rosie? Any pics of the Fruma Sarah scene? How did David portray her? How were the show's sets?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 4:24pm

I loved the set and I thought Rosie was great! She wasn't the best thing about the show but the role isn't a big singing role so I think she pulled it off.

I'm sure you can find pics of the Fruma Sarah scene somewhere.

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 5:20pm

If memory serves me correctly, Fruma Sarah made her entrance rising out of her grave (on wires) and floated midair throughout the rest of the scene. She wore a long red dress (which I didn't really get) with a train that reached all the way to the stage floor. I believe they had her fly about a bit as well.

I never understood the whole sponge bath. I mean, I get that he didn't want to do the traditional Robbins broom dance but c'mon now, that was a bit much.

Z.

PS. I saw it with Harvey and Andrea Martin and was thrilled to see two bagels in that English muffin revival.

Updated On: 12/25/06 at 05:20 PM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 5:27pm

"I saw it with Harvey and Andrea Martin and was thrilled to see two bagels in that English muffin revival"

HAHAHA! I saw Andrea in a completely legal way *cough* and thought she was great too!

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 7:42pm

The dream sequence had Fruma as described BUT she pretty much stayed stationary on a big red ladder that she held onto the whole time...Tzeital and Motel flew in, and the cast was dressed like animals (albeit Tevye, Golde, and Grandma Tzeital). A cool effect during the scene was when they had the stage become temporarily raked (STEEPLY, mind you).

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 8:15pm

The stage was always raked, if memory serves, though I could be wrong.

Leveaux's inspiration was Checkov. The whole production turned out to be cold and sterile.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 8:21pm

I was able to go on the stage, and if memory serves me correctly, it was raked, but during the sequence it suddenly did a 170 degree flip downward, elevating Tevye's bed, making it more raked than usual.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/25/06 at 8:23pm

The set looked like the box social scene from Oklahoma!

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 12:04am

>> The set looked like the box social scene from Oklahoma!

Uh... right. Sure it did.

Okay, I'll bite: did you actually *see* the production? I'm kinda thinking not, since you cant tell the difference between the Oklahoma prairie and the woods in the Ukraine.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 9:10am

I'll second MattBrain. And I DID see the show.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 9:22am

This production was devastatingly awful. Talk about destroying a show. I cannot believe it lasted as long as it did. Like we needed a FIDDLER Revival filling one of our Broadway theaters anyway. I saw it with Alfred and Harvey. Alfred was miscast. I don't blame him. He just wasn't meant to play this role. Just because a man can grow a beard does not mean he can play a capable Tevye. But really, the problems went beyond whomever was playing Tevye. Leveaux is gaining a reputation for making bold choices that tear apart American works of art.

Updated On: 12/26/06 at 09:22 AM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 12/26/06 at 5:30pm

And what did you think of Harvey?