Garysb
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A recording of the revival of Fiddler with Zero Mostel was made for Library at Lincoln Center. Sadly because as you mentioned Zero would shamelessly adlib that Jerome Robbins put severe restictions on who is allowed to see the recording. I believe it is only available to theater professionals who want to recreate the original staging.Fortunately the musical was revived at the Winter Garden in the mid 70's with Mostel and the original production so I got to relive that gorgeous experience multiple times. I only wish that genius Zero wasn't such a bad boy and wish he had stuck to the script.
He is brilliant in The Producers and Funny Thing so with the right director he could have been glorious in the film of Fiddler. And would some color have been such a terrible thing? Aronson and Zipprodt had rich yellows, greens, blues, reds and oranges filling the stage. Unforgettable.
Here is a 2 minute clip from that recording.
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