Tevye's Dream
Tevye's Dream
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#0Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:00pmI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#2re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:10pmYes 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.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
BSoBW2
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#4re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:12pmYes, that's the one at MoMA - it's my favorite one.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:13pm
how is the production based on these? I need some production photos to compare, please... 
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#6re: Tevye's Dream
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
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#7re: Tevye's Dream
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 
#8re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:18pmI love the current revival of FIDDLER. I think it's beautiful and perfect.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
BSoBW2
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#10re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:21pmI haven't seen Harvey, I meant Alfred Molina. He was perfection.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
BSoBW2
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#11re: Tevye's Dream
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#12re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:26pmsaw 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
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#13re: Tevye's Dream
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!
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The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#16re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 7:44pmMarc 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.
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
BSoBW2
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#17re: Tevye's Dream
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...!
#18re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:15pmwe have LE VIOLONISTE BLEU hanging in our living room :)
RIP glebby <3
#19re: Tevye's Dream
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.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
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BSoBW2
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#20re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:31pm
Thanks Blue Wizard.
Your essay sounds interesting....
#21re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 8:37pmI received great help from such BWW folks as Margo!
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#23re: Tevye's Dream
Posted: 2/13/05 at 9:48pmI 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.
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