Tevye's Dream

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:00pm

I remember reading that the dream sequence in this Fiddler revival is based on a painting, but I don't recall it's title. Anyone?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:08pm

Marc Chagall's The Green Violinst...

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:10pm

Yes and no - it's based on ALL of Chagall's paintings. They're amazing. I was looking at one the other day at MoMA - it's so powerful.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:10pm

I and the Village




Here's an article all about it!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:12pm

Yes, that's the one at MoMA - it's my favorite one.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:13pm

how is the production based on these? I need some production photos to compare, please...

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:15pm

I and the Village?

YEah.

In case no one wants to read the article, it says that Chagall's influence has been virtually eliminated in the revival, giving it the feeling of "Mother Russia" (aka the Birch Trees)....

The only scene that retains any resemblence to Chagall's work is the dream sequence...see the picture above..

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:16pm

I have the booklet at home, which is a great picture of the dream sequence, but this is the best I could find...

compared to

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:18pm

I love the current revival of FIDDLER. I think it's beautiful and perfect.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:19pm

So do I, except for Harvey...

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:21pm

I haven't seen Harvey, I meant Alfred Molina. He was perfection.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:24pm

Eh, when I saw Molina I thought he was good, but lacked the yiddishkeit (I know, they wanted to de-jew it...but still)

After seeing Harvey, I had a BRAND NEW appreciation for Al.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:26pm

saw Harvey last nite. he wasnt as bad as i imagined. he spoke way too fast, so it all sounded like a person who had a tracheotomy talking. it still lacks all jewish soul, though. Updated On: 2/13/05 at 07:26 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:28pm

He was worse than I thought...my hopes were high...

I got pics, though...in my fan photos!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:30pm

ooo... nose hair.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:31pm

huh?

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:44pm

Marc Chagall is one of my favotite artists. I never knew that his painting influenced Fiddler on The Roof. The musical was also based on a series of short stories by Sholom Aleichem . One of those stories w3as called Tevye the Milkman.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:13pm

And one was called The Milkman's Daughters...

Ya, I think most people know that...

It's VERY interesting, though...!

[cturtle]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:15pm

we have LE VIOLONISTE BLEU hanging in our living room :)

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:28pm

Just finished an essay on the production history of FIDDLER....

Chagall's work influenced the entire making of FIDDLER; in fact, Bock, Harnick, Stein and Jerome Robbins decided they wanted a Chagall-inspired design even before they hired Boris Aronson. Aronson's sets, of course, looked like Chagall paintings, with the same splashes of colour and nostalgic expressionism. Leveaux's revival is the only major production not to incorporate Aronson's original designs.

Even the title, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, is derived from a Chagall painting. Nowhere in Sholom Aleichem's work is there a violinist perched on a rooftop; the image is taken from Chagall.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:31pm

Thanks Blue Wizard.

Your essay sounds interesting....

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:37pm

I received great help from such BWW folks as Margo!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:41pm

ahh, yes, Margo...

[Jon]

Posted: 2/13/05 at 9:48pm

I can't tell from that reproducton of "I and the Village", but there is a Chagall painting that actually has a bride flying through the air - as in the current revival.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 3:22pm

Maybe this one?