The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

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The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:10pm

They just did a little 20 second blip about Rosie O'Donnell joining Fiddler- it's coming out folks!

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re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:13pm

To quote MISS SAIGON -

"Why God, why?"

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#3

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:15pm

Sucks to be the standby for Andrea Martin to get bumped up only to be bumped back down to standby.

#4

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:17pm

I'll stand by rosie forever. She's an amazing person!

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#5

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:18pm

I still can't get over what a ridiculous casting choice this is!

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#6

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:20pm

Just as ridiculous as Harvey as Tevye. Harvey can sing, Rosie really can't. Neither are right for their roles in FIDDLER.

But in the end I don't care. I welcome Rosie to Broadway any day.

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#7

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:25pm

Harvey cannot sing either. This show turns from a fresh interpretion to an absurd joke.

#8

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:26pm

I guess we'll just have to wait and see! Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised. I always try to give the performer the benefit of the doubt, otherwise they will always "do poorly", but only because I went in with a sour impression.

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#9

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:35pm

Wonder if Harvey will have a postive influence on her attendance.

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#10

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:41pm

Personally I'm surprised she's doing this. It was no secret that she did not like the repetitiveness of having to do 8 shows a week when she was in Grease.

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#11

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 7:55pm

Did you see Harvey is Fiddler or just making a quick judgement.

He was brilliant in the role. Neither role requires much legit singing.

#12

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 8:12pm

are you talking to me? if you do then yes, I did see Harvey as Tevye and didn't like it at all.

#13

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

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

What makes Harvey great in the role is that he has the heart and soul for it. I don't see Rosie as Golde. It has nothing to do with singing - Andrea doesn't sing so well either.

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#14

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 8:27pm

Rosie has too much of a hard edge to her to play Golde.

#15

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 8:30pm

My concern is not so much her singing ability. If you listen to the cast recording with Topol, the woman playing Golde (can't think of her name offhand) isn't what you'd call a great singer. I saw Harvey and mostly liked him in the part.

Rosie just seems wrong for the part to me. She's too much of a presence. I always think of Golde as a woman who looks rather meek and diminutive on the outside but is really the strongest person in the show. It'd be like Ethel Merman playing the part. Not a good fit.

#16

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

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

I'm sorry, but my friend has worked with Rosie and apparently she's pretty tough to work with. I dunno? Who is she playing? Because singing does count in musicals ya know. No offense.

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you say i'm weird! look at everyone you're sitting with! and hey, those guys over there just threw napkins up in the air like they were on something! it's contajous! you can't help it!

#17

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/2/05 at 8:46pm

Opps.. sorry ppl. She's Golde.. ok just got that news.

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you say i'm weird! look at everyone you're sitting with! and hey, those guys over there just threw napkins up in the air like they were on something! it's contajous! you can't help it!

#18

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 12:28am

Any News as to when Rosie is starting in the show.

#19

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 1:53am

How come I haven't seen this in print anywhere? It's not on broadway.com, playbill.com, even broadwayworld.com. I think someone just started this rumor to get people talking.

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#20

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:11am

According to the Insider, she starts in September.

#21

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:16am

I saw this on a Broadway site somewhere but not sure which one. It was also in one of today's NY papers.

#22

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:18am

If true, this just sounds like a train wreck.

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#23

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:25am

harvey has so much soul-- i really believed him as the "poppa". he does what he can with his limited register. i love him as a presence and he is a star. i can see that not everyone is going to go for him. i don't much care for this production -- aside from the obvious chagall references in the set. i've never seen rosie onstage. i have seen her in tv & movies and real life. (that riding the bus tv movie has quickly become one of my all-time favorite camp-fests) i hope to be pleasantly surprised...maybe her experience as a mother will inform her in some way. can she take direction?

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#24

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 9:28am

oh well, the show is closing anyway, it'll prob just help the show's attendance till january!
i dont really think she'll be the greatest at golde, but hey, she could suprise everyone?!?

i dunno

#25

re: The Insider Reports on Rosie in Fiddler

Posted: 8/3/05 at 10:03am

She has a huge passion for all things Broadway and was a real suprise in Riding the Bus with My Sister, I say bring on the personality and let's have fun.

Now if I could only snag a limited run as Yente....TO LIFE!