Topol in Fiddler at NJPAC

Anybody else planning to go? I am so delighted he can still perform this role at his age. Does anyone know how good or bad the Grand Tier Box Seats are at the NJ Performing Arts Center? I've never been there. Not much choice left on the days I can go. Thanks.

I have been to NJPAC before but I can't speak for how the seats were on the Grand Tier. I was in the orchestra, but on their website they have a virtual tour option and you can see what the view is like from each section.

http://www.njpac.org/load_screen.asp?screen=virtual_tour

Thanks Tag.

He's in his 70's! A bit long in the tooth, don't you think?

And I'm not saying he couldn't be wonderful....just seems unlikely.

Looking forward to hearing reviews, though.

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That was funny, YankeeFan and thanks for the link, Playhouse Beauty. He's an icon in this role and I want to see it even if he is past his prime.

I will be seeing the production for my birthday on March 13...6th row center and am very excited! It's one of my all-time favorite films.

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I recognized a few names on the cast list (some folks I worked for/with over the summer); I'd love to see them in this production.

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NJPAC is a beautiful faciity, and the Grand Tier Box Seats should be very good. NJPAC is built similar to Carnegie Hall, but it may be even steeper. I think they have four tiers (maybe more), and anyone with height issues should go above the first tier.

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When my dad and I were talking about where to sit for the Rent tour at NJPAC, I told him, jokingly, that we could see Topol in Fiddler there instead of Rent. He broke into laughter right away. His response to me was that he thought he had died ages ago. He also found it funny when I told him that I read somewhere (somewhere being here, on this forum) that he owns the sets to the show. He said that that reminded him of a typical schoolyard situation. You have the big kids who don't want to play with the little kid, but the little kid has the ball that they need, so in order to use the ball they are forced to have the little kid play with them.

My dad said that he saw him 30 years ago and he remembered him phoning it in then.

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"Someday he'll play another role..."

He played Honore in Gigi last year in London.

knickers.

not nickers. unless you're referring to the "sounds of a horse"

Does seem to be the season for too-old-for-the-role leads clinging to their signature roles at NJPAC: Rapp & Pascal in Rent, Topol in Fiddler, Neeley in JCS.

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the second one.

there is no sentimental reasons behind it, considering the amount of money they negotiated.

They're both washed up... going back to RENT is a quick and easy job for them. While it challenges neither of them artistically, they know they always have it. So they take the cash.

Lame.