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Post by missthelma on Jul 1, 2019 17:48:07 GMT
Heard this referred to as 'the Tony & Olivier winning production of Fiddler On The Roof starring Anita Dobson and Maria Friedman' on the radio earlier today, no idea which station, as I was in someone else's house but they were doing a competition for tickets. There was so much wrong with the sentence I had to leave!
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Post by Stephen on Jul 11, 2019 1:10:09 GMT
Only just found out about Maria Friedman as Golde. I’ll definitely be returning having last seen this at one of the first West End previews. I love Maria’s voice and think she is just magical. Praying for a little cast recording now...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 10:04:05 GMT
Can someone tell me the running time is of this?
Also how much action would one miss from central row E of Dress Circle?
Cheers.
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Post by Rory on Jul 11, 2019 11:45:04 GMT
Not sure about the answer to the second question but the running time including interval is 2 hrs 50 mins.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 11, 2019 12:43:01 GMT
The running time last night was 2 hours 55 minutes, with only a 15 minute interval. But I think this ran longer than usual due to the unique combination of cast members on stage.
When I arrived, the sign for covers were turned in reverse so it couldn't be read. It was back the correct way round at the end of the show, which makes me think there were last minute changes.
I'll run through them all:
Teyvr - Robert Maskell Mordcha - Adam Linstead Perchik - Ed Wade Fyedka - Philip Bertioli Hodel - Ellie Mullane Bielke - Isabella Foat Shprintze - Valentina Theodoulou
The only advertised absence in advance was Stewart Clarke, who is on paternity leave.
It was a good show despite them being short of people. Robert Maskell played Teyvr without a lot of the flashy touches that Andy Nyman adds, but it worked well. Maria Friedman was excellent as Golde and I liked Anita Dobson as Yente too. The rest were decent enough.
The funny moment came when Philip Bertioli took part in the bottle dance (I don't remember seeing him do this before), but lost his bottle about 10 seconds before the end. Right at the end, he then proceeded to knock the bottles off the hats of the dancers at either side of him. Presumably the result of a bit of frustration.
I was in seat Stalls N20 courtesy of TodayTix Rush, which turned out to be a great seat. Back row, next to the sound desk, but with more legroom than most seats on the row, as well as spare space to your right (and the seat to my left was empty). It's also only a few rows back from the extended stage at that side, the sort of ticket that would be a Premium at many venues.
The theatre was pretty full, with a few empty seats dotted around the Stalls.
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Post by edi on Jul 11, 2019 12:45:47 GMT
Can someone tell me the running time is of this? Also how much action would one miss from central row E of Dress Circle? br]Cheers. Dress D centre was good. Only missed the runway but no acting takes place there
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Post by dippy on Jul 11, 2019 22:34:06 GMT
The funny moment came when Philip Bertioli took part in the bottle dance (I don't remember seeing him do this before), but lost his bottle about 10 seconds before the end. Right at the end, he then proceeded to knock the bottles off the hats of the dancers at either side of him. Presumably the result of a bit of frustration. I was there last night too and definitely didn't see that happen! I feel like maybe it looked like that but I saw his fall off and then when the dance finished the other three all gave their heads a little nod causing the bottle to fall which they then caught. Fyedka (as a Jewish villager) always bottle dances as he's in the videos and publicity photos, so that would explain that. @theatremonkey you'll be very happy to hear that "If I was a rich man" was full of happiness, no aches and pains, I guess that the moans and groans must be an Andy Nyman thing rather than a Trevor Nunn thing because otherwise I'd have thought Robert Maskell would have had to do the aches and pains version. It was great seeing so many understudies, I always enjoy a show with understudies on.
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Post by pianowithsam on Jul 11, 2019 23:05:06 GMT
Has anybody seen both the Chichester Festival production of Fiddler and this version? Eager to know how the two compare.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Jul 11, 2019 23:13:02 GMT
The Chichester one looked so visually pleasing- the lighting and the revolve!
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Post by pianowithsam on Jul 11, 2019 23:20:07 GMT
The Chichester one looked so visually pleasing- the lighting and the revolve! I saw the Chichester production twice. Did you see it? Am up in London later this month to see how this compares.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 10:27:03 GMT
Thanks for the replies.
Another quick question - what are people's go to recordings?
Owing to advances in quality I generally prefer newer ones (also tend to like more modern orchestrations).
Was therefore probably most interested in the Broadway 2004 revival (with Laura Michelle Kelly) and the Broadway 2015 one. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has both!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 12, 2019 13:09:19 GMT
I really like the Savoy cast, about a decade ago - very good one. As was the world-famous Crucible Theatre cast.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 13, 2019 11:33:29 GMT
^Was that recorded? That's what was being asked. It was just me being cryptic, TM. The Crucible and Savoy casts were largely the same, commitments permitting. The production closed in Sheffield on 20 January 2007, and re-opened in London in May.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 13, 2019 12:14:15 GMT
^Was that recorded? That's what was being asked. It was just me being cryptic, TM. The Crucible and Savoy casts were largely the same, commitments permitting. The production closed in Sheffield on 20 January 2007, and re-opened in London in May. That’s right TallPaul you tell ‘im!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 13, 2019 12:23:08 GMT
I'm pleased you've got my back, BurlyBeaR . It's the London bubble!
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Post by amp09 on Jul 14, 2019 13:33:02 GMT
Do all the cast perform at the Tuesday matinee each week? Hoping to see it this Tuesday, and not sure if any of them may have a regular day off.
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Post by dippy on Jul 14, 2019 14:01:43 GMT
Not that I know of, but it's definitely holiday season at the moment. There have been up to seven covers on at shows in the last couple of weeks as far as I can tell. I think Andy Nyman has been away for the last week and a bit so he'll probably be back next week.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 14, 2019 16:23:34 GMT
According to the slip yesterday there were covers on for Tevye, Perchik, Fyeka, Constable, Bielke and Shprinze
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Post by dippy on Jul 14, 2019 16:32:47 GMT
According to the slip yesterday there were covers on for Tevye, Perchik, Fyeka, Constable, Bielke and Shprinze According to instagram cover Hodel was on yesterday and I'm sure cover Mendel too. Bielke and Shprinze are the girls so no covers, just letting the audience know which of the three of each are seeing.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 14, 2019 17:06:59 GMT
That was what was up at the theatre yesterday. It's very annoying when it's not right. I was in the circle so spent most of the show trying to work out who I was actually seeing.
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Post by dippy on Jul 14, 2019 19:19:25 GMT
How frustrating, this is my guess at who you actually saw then:
Tevye - Craig Pinder Perchik - James Hameed Fyeka - Ed Wade Constable/Avram - Adam Linstead Mendel - Taylor Walker
Bielke and Shprinze - Hopefully whatever the thing in the foyer said
However your info which should really be correct and it looks like it probably was more accurate than my original assumption. I appear to have misread James Hameed's post on instagram I thought it said "last night" but it said "last week" in terms of Hodel and Perchik covers being on together. I think they were both on together earlier in the week then and not last night. However you definitely had Taylor Walker as Mendel as George Olney was covering three of the ensemble.
Andy Nyman, Stewart Clarke, Matthew Hawksley and Philip Bertioli were all definitely off yesterday if that helps you at all.
I'm very intrigued as to how the cover system works at Fiddler, I don't know if it's as simple as 1st cover, 2nd cover. For example as far as I can tell Robert Maskell was Tevye at the start of the week and Craig Pinder at the end of the week but I think both of them have been in the show all week. Maybe there's some kind of sharing fairness going on? Also with James Hameed having been Perchik earlier in the week that makes no sense either, James was covering Motel last week and Ed was covering Perchik, twitter said Ed would cover Perchik until Stewart was back but James went on during the week and again yesterday. Yesterday makes sense because Ed covers Fyedka so had to have been him yesterday. All very confusing!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 14, 2019 19:57:32 GMT
How frustrating, this is my guess at who you actually saw then: Tevye - Craig Pinder Perchik - James Hameed Fyeka - Ed Wade Constable/Avram - Adam Linstead Mendel - Taylor Walker Bielke and Shprinze - Hopefully whatever the thing in the foyer said Yep, I've found the photo I took of the white slip and those were the names. Was more annoyed that according to the board Phillip was on when he clearly wasn't and he was the one I was most excited about seeing. Ah well... The joys of live theatre! Bielke was Talia Etherington Shprize was Elena Cervesi
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Post by dippy on Jul 14, 2019 20:01:15 GMT
Yep, I've found the photo I took of the white slip and those were the names. Was more annoyed that according to the board Phillip was on when he clearly wasn't and he was the only one I was really bothered about seeing. Ah well... The joys of live theatre! Bielke was Talia Etherington Shprize was Elena Cervesi That is frustrating, like you say, annoyingly the joys of live theatre, hope you still enjoyed it though even though he was off.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 14, 2019 20:49:00 GMT
How frustrating, this is my guess at who you actually saw then: Tevye - Craig Pinder Perchik - James Hameed Fyeka - Ed Wade Constable/Avram - Adam Linstead Mendel - Taylor Walker Bielke and Shprinze - Hopefully whatever the thing in the foyer said Yep, I've found the photo I took of the white slip and those were the names. Was more annoyed that according to the board Phillip was on when he clearly wasn't and he was the one I was most excited about seeing. Ah well... The joys of live theatre! Bielke was Talia Etherington Shprize was Elena Cervesi According to his Instagram posts Philip is on a hen weekend and seems be having great fun.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 14, 2019 21:41:07 GMT
It was worth seeing for Maria alone, she is brilliant.
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Post by amp09 on Jul 14, 2019 21:58:16 GMT
It was worth seeing for Maria alone, she is brilliant. Yep, that’s who I’m going back to see.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 16, 2019 17:28:22 GMT
Made a return visit sooner than expected today, as I had a spare afternoon and managed to pick up a Stalls Row D side seat in the Rush. An excellent seat and the theatre was pleasantly air conditioned.
Fairly full, although there was a group of spare Row C seats immediately in front (people moved into them during the interval), which I presume were being held back as Premiums.
All of the main cast were back. Such a difference to last week and the stage feels fuller.
The lovely Mr Bertioli got to do the bottle dancer (one of two dancers who join part way through). Nearly lost the bottle early, then recovered, but unfortunately lost it completely about 10 seconds before the end. His drop was closely followed by one of the other dancers. It must be incredibly tough!
Great show, ruined only slightly by several phones going off with the owners being seemingly in no rush to turn them off. One came accompanied with giggles from a whole group of girls right during one of the poignant moments during the end of the show (but it was a group who seemed to think they were seeing a comedy about the funny Jews anyway!)
I think it was the first show back for Andy Nyman too, who didn't miss a step. And three two show days a week with a close two three hour long production like this can't be easy.
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Post by amp09 on Jul 16, 2019 21:16:29 GMT
Made a return visit sooner than expected today, as I had a spare afternoon and managed to pick up a Stalls Row D side seat in the Rush. An excellent seat and the theatre was pleasantly air conditioned. Fairly full, although there was a group of spare Row C seats immediately in front (people moved into them during the interval), which I presume were being held back as Premiums. All of the main cast were back. Such a difference to last week and the stage feels fuller. The lovely Mr Bertioli got to do the bottle dancer (one of two dancers who join part way through). Nearly lost the bottle early, then recovered, but unfortunately lost it completely about 10 seconds before the end. His drop was closely followed by one of the other dancers. It must be incredibly tough! Great show, ruined only slightly by several phones going off with the owners being seemingly in no rush to turn them off. One came accompanied with giggles from a whole group of girls right during one of the poignant moments during the end of the show (but it was a group who seemed to think they were seeing a comedy about the funny Jews anyway!) I think it was the first show back for Andy Nyman too, who didn't miss a step. And three two show days a week with a close two three hour long production like this can't be easy. Was also in today. Got the right hand side circle box to myself for £35 and felt like I was amongst all the action. Was an amazing view, and would definitely sit there again. Maria and Andy were outstanding. Anita Dobson gave quite a reserved performance, not bad, just different to what I’ve seen before. Agree on the phones, one was from the box opposite me, who took forever to turn it off! Really, really love this show. Hope to be back soon before it closes.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 17, 2019 5:33:21 GMT
It was worth seeing for Maria alone, she is brilliant. Im not a fan. Has she got any scheduled leave? Please and ta
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 11:16:14 GMT
Saw this last Friday. Not something I would normally go for, but as a classic I had not seen felt should give it a go.
First things first - the cast board - a pathetic piece of A4 hidden behind a pint and large wine glass at the side of the stalls bar. Nothing in circle where I was. No slips in programme. No announcement. In fact I only found it as I went for a hunt for it in the interval. Which after a wee and buying a diet coke took up all the available time. As many covers on I wanted to see who I was watching. If you ask me it's a disgrace and totally disrespectful to the actors on stage.
ANYWAY, rant over.
I loved the show - so emotional, so heartwarming, so engaging. Nothing to compare it to but thought the production of it was absolutely delightful. Loved seeing Maria Friedman (1st time since Woman in White) and thought she was perfect in the role.
Anita Dobson also fabulous - how on earth does she get third billing though? She has two monologues and that's about it - doesn't even get a song! Is that role normally billed so high or is it just cos she's a name?
Ending was beautiful.
I will go again if I get the chance - a great discovery!
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