Fiddler on the Roof - Regents Park OAT

Loved this tonight. Yea the Acts are completely uneven musically but the performances across the board are fantastic. I loved the design and the direction. This may be the best show I’ve seen at Regents Park.

Hello. Saw this last week. Loved it. Which Cast Recording/Soundtrack would everyone recommend? Which best represents the show currently playing?

My vote is usually for the original London cast recording.

It captures perfectly what the show is and it’s got Topol.

Enjoy the original motion picture soundtrack for John Williams’s (oscar winning) arrangements and orchestrations.

Very powerful show, as board member Steve noted the setting works to really enchance the show with the wheat field based set perfectly placed against the trees and the change from early evening light to darkness of night over a evening adding to ominous oncoming fate. A dry but breezy night when I saw it even gave extra menace with the rustle of the trees adding to the sense of dread. And full credit to the lighting and effects people who added so much to the impact especially end of act one.

The sound was superb both orchestra and cast and the opening number was a choral treat. Full credit to the cast who each had very individual charaters but then made it fully believable they were a united group in their beliefs. The energetic dancing just added to stunning vocal, physical and emotional performances.

With the knowledge of the still current and ongoing persecution of Jewish communities it was a sobering and thought provoking evening.

Yes it's a pity act two doesn't have quite the showstoppers songs act one has and the daughter suddenly playing the clarinet (may be another instrument) did not work for me as it broke the power of her performance for me but a 60 year old show being this powerful and sadly so very much still valid, performed and staged so well made a very strong evening and one well worth risking the weather to see.

Didn't notice anything the day I went

Is this likely to transfer?

I saw this last week and say there is nothing like an Open Air production when it is dry, warm and sold out - even when the production itself is mediocre and let’s cut to the chase there was poor direction choices made here and the staging didn’t do the shows any favours, as the cornfield ceiling made the production feel claustrophobic and compressed and squeezed the life out of the production. Where a great joy of an Open Air production is when the staging uses that amazing backdrop of trees and sky incorporated.

The show itself has some of the greatest songs written in musical theatre, which are the gold standard. Yes there were enjoyable parts to this production - but I have seen better productions in the Menier and Chichester, also both productions I saw in New York.

3 stars.

This was Tim Sheaders final piece of programming.
Drew won't bring this back as he'll want a full season of his own programming next year.

Yes, Today Tix at 10.00am each day.  There are four tickets.

As there were so few, I wasn't lucky this time

I thought this was great, always a good place to watch a good show.

Still having no luck this month on Rush, must only be a few on offer.