Revival of Fiddler on the Roof

[wickedfan]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:02pm

I'm sorry, but as great a show as Fiddler is. Haven't there been enough revivals. I mean come on! We've had enough!

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:04pm

There's a lot of Jewish people out there. I'm sure they'll all be on the edge of their seats. I mean that with all respect.

[bob8rich]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:05pm

I guess the only time to answer that is after it has opened and we see how good a production it turns out to be.

Updated On: 12/25/03 at 03:05 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:05pm

Not everyone will be happy about every upcoming show.. I wish they'd do SOMETHING different with it this time.. but we KNOW about the Robbins estate....

Fiddler is a good show when done right and I would like to see this production and its cast and I wish them a good run....

[wickedfan]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:07pm

I just mean, I think that after like 3 revivals they should stop. If this one is a good production, may they have a long run. But there are so many revivals nowadays. I just wish that there were more shows that aren't based on anything or a remake of something. Just totally original.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:09pm

Don't we all...
Nine was excellent, such a star-studded cast!
Revivals are like old clothes, eventually they come back in style.

Updated On: 12/25/03 at 03:09 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:09pm

after 3 revivals, no show should ever be revived again?? come on now.......

Updated On: 12/25/03 at 03:09 PM

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:11pm

A lot of us feel that way. The age of Broadway when composers and lyricists wrote musicals are over. It has to be based on a book or a movie or a revival.
I don't have a problem with any of them. I love a lot of the musicals on Broadway right now. I never really think about the lack of original musicals on Broadway. BUt when you think about it, you realize that more original musicals are needed on Broadway.

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:12pm

There are many people who were too young or not around with the last revival of Fiddler. I plan to see it this time around. Not that I am one of the young ones, ha ha. You don't have to be Jewish to want to see this musical. It has a lot of history and tradition in it. I, myself, love the music.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:15pm

Agreed Broadwaylady!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:17pm

I would like to play Fyedka in Fiddler.

[sopranostar]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:30pm

Umm... BillyLawlor, you do realize that the majority of Broadway shows from back in the day were based off a book or a previously written play, right? Fiddler was based off a book of stories written by Sholom Aleichem. Very few shows are purely original stories.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:33pm

LOL. I was waiting for that to be pointed out. LOL. he he he he

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:34pm

Coming from a swing, very impressive! I can say that because I'm now a Featured Actor.

Updated On: 12/25/03 at 03:34 PM

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:36pm

Oh, it thrills me.

Good point. Thanks for informing me. Never mind that post, everyone. I do stick by the part of my post that says we need more original shows, though.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:37pm

LOL. Now now Phantom.. lets be nice. LOL. Swings are very valuable

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:40pm

Most definitely. A show could not exist without swings. Three cheers for the swings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:43pm

hip hip horray!
hip hip horray!
hip hip horray!



Lawd knows if I was a swing I'd be so stressed out....... LOL.

[sopranostar]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:46pm

Not bad for my first post, eh? :) I've been lurking around here for quite some time now, I just decided to come out of hiding (not really sure why I was in "hiding"....)

[Phantom2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:46pm

You go girl!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 3:48pm

Welcome....


please stick to the paths and don't feed the animals.....

Jailbait please move to the left, adults move to the right....

[bob8rich]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 5:42pm

I don't object to revivals per se - I've seen some wonderful ones (such as the current GYPSY) - but somehow mere commercialism must be over-ridden by the need to encourage new, exciting writing in Broadway musical theatre. Thank God for WICKED! (although Stephen Schwartz is hardly a "new" writer.)

[Phantom05]

Posted: 12/25/03 at 6:46pm

I'm looking forward to Fiddler's revival, it's such a wonderfully crafted show! The Minskoff has a HUGE stage....Lots of room to fill...I cannot wait to see the set!

Phantom05

Updated On: 12/25/03 at 06:46 PM

[bially082]

Posted: 12/26/03 at 3:01am

I have tickets to the show in March. And I just got the DVD for christmas. I'm looking forward to it very much. i see no reason why a well loved and respected show like Fiddler on the Roof can't spend a lot of time on Broadway. If you check out the IBDB you will find that the Mikado was revived and played at almost every theate on Broadway at least TWICE in that theatre's history. I have no idea why......but it did. So going by that standard Fiddler needs to have about 35 more revivals in our lifetime. Thats a great thought...

Updated On: 12/26/03 at 03:01 AM