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Fiddler is one of the most frequently revived plays and it almost always does really well. The most recent New York revival wasn't even in English and ran for almost a year despite being in Yiddish. The themes of Fiddler are universal, and it keeps popping up. Of course, not all young people...

They might not...or they might. We don't know about each specific case until we've seen it. Tthe quality (or lack thereof) of one remake does not mean another one will automatically achieve the same result. If the new West Side Story is good, it means that the new West Side Story is good. If...

What does one have to do with the other? If Spielberg's West Side Story is good or bad, it doesn't mean anything qualitative for this film. I understand that they are both remakes of classic musicals, but they don't have the same team attached, so I don't really see a correlation. And I don't...

We've had this discussion before many times in the West Side Story thread, and I encourage you to join us there if you are so inclined. I really don't want to further derail this one, which is supposed to be about Fiddler.

Yes.

Why? (Also, whether you want to see it or not, "something's coming...")

Well, it's not a "movie" in the sense of the original one, but the recent Broadway revival starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Wantanabe was filmed when it transferred to London. It has been aired on PBS and is available for streaming on Broadway HD. I saw the production live on its U.S. national...

That would be this: Everything else you listed still work for me and for millions of other audience members. You're welcome not to see it, of course, but those are all enduring ingredients of what makes Fiddler something that will be returned to again and again and again.

They did that off-Broadway last year and it was extended a number of times. Joel Grey directed, and there is a cast album which preserved the performances.

Well, now, I'm pretty sure Fiddler hasn't been performed anywhere in the world for the last couple of months, unfortunately. But it will come back when live theater does. It's an inevitability. That being said, I absolutely agree with Mike about the documentary. I was able to see it at my...

Because it's not worn out? The themes and ideas in the story are timeless, even while it is rooted in a very specific time period. It works on stage every time it is revived because the show is just that well-constructed. I don't know if I personally would throw millions of dollars into a...

You are right, of course. I knew that, so I'm not sure why my brain inverted the last two letters or why my spell checker didn't catch it. I fixed the thread title. Thank you!

To be 100% clear, as I've also said in the West Side Story thread, I'm not in any way saying that the 1961 version of West Side Story is a bad movie. I would never say that. I love that movie. The ethnicity issues in it exist because it was a product of its time and that was how things were...

As I think we've discussed in the West Side Story remake thread, the reason that Wood/Maria gets the most attention is because she is the film's protagonist. By no means was my comment meant to be limited exclusively to her; she's just the obvious example. But this is getting away from...

That's coming. See this thread: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/follies-stephen-sondheim.364443/#post-4802692 But I agree with your general point. There is much less room to work within Fiddler than with West Side because the original has no ethnicity problems, so I'd much...

Thomas Kail (Hamilton) will direct a remake of Fiddler On the Roof for MGM. Steven Levinson, who scripted the wildly overrated Dear Evan Hansen, will write this as well...