Fiddler On The Roof - Playhouse Theatre

They are definitely working on this transferring.

Sunday in the Park, Night Music, Charity, Merrily, Funny Girl all transferred within a month or so of closing at the Chocolate Factory. Only La Cage waited until the October. So this could be a fast transfer indeed if they intend to bring it in

I'm sooo gutted that I forgot to book this!

I have indeed.

I've been unlucky lately in seeing productions which haven't transferred as well as the reviews of the original production suggest. On top of that I'm a big fan of Mr Nyman and he may not be in a transfer. Also I think the intimacy of the Menier would be lovely for this specific show. There's some very soft touching moments which i'd put my money on losing themselves in a bigger venue.

All of that plus I love dinner and a show at the Chocolate Factory!

On the official website there is a ticket on sale for tomorrow evening

Ooooh, for those of you who like a fiddle on the roof some production photos have been released. There's Stewart Clarke looking like he's getting ready to head to one of those nightclub's in Berlin, Andy Nyman and a beard and tallits and kippahs as far as the eye can see.

Plus Judy Kuhn is back in London baby and she's rocking a tichel.

Oy vey!



Other people are in it too.

Ah Shabbat-a You Face

Looks like almost every other production of Fidler

More denim?

Can we get the number of "d's" sorted out please. 😁

Andy Nyman is an incredible Tevye.

I've seen him in a few Menier productions, and he's been radiantly likeable in every production, playing likeable beta-males in "Terrible Advice" and "Abigail's Party," the only likeable person on stage in those lascerating productions. And then, in "Assassins," he was the most likeable assassin, his Charles Guiteau just pipping Carly Bawden's Squeaky Fromme to the post, proving that his likeability is stuck to him like glue.

So the question with his Tevye is not whether he could be likeable and beta-male, but tough and alpha-male, when his traditions are pressed to breaking point. And I'm delighted to say, he can, and he does, and he's brilliant.

And for that reason, the Chichester one is lucky it did not transfer and try to compete with this "Fiddler," because as funny and well-performed as Omid Djalili's Tevye was, he came nowhere near to expressing the all-round family man torn-between-love-and-tradition believable lovable reality that Nyman attains here. He is as much a gravitational anchor to this production as Marcus Brigstocke was a black hole to the Menier's "Barnum."

And once you've got a Tevye as right as Nyman is, there's really not much you can do to muck up "Fiddler." The whole ensemble shines, with Judy Kuhn's naive and loveable, yet formidably strong, Golde and Harriet Bunton's unbroken pristine crystalline Hodel extra-special.

For me, the set and costumes were more drab than they needed to be (I accept drab is historically accurate), and the room a tad colder than I liked, and the stone floor unappealing also, but that's just personal carping, as I absolutely loved this production, and don't expect to see a better Tevye in my life.

4 and a half stars.

With the 5* reviews out this morning can we assume that this will try have a run in the west end.