Chris hewitt was the pioneer press movie critic and then an arts and entertainment reporter from 1993 to 2017.
Fiddler on the roof reviews 2017.
My fair lady has been called the perfect musical but there are a handful of other classics that belong in that elite club and fiddler on the roof is one of them.
But fiddler on the roof won nine tony awards ran for a record breaking eight years on broadway and has been running somewhere in the world ever since.
Fiddler on the roof arrives at the hollywood pantages and will continue on to segerstrom in costa mesa as an appealing take on a 55 year old musical with new choreography and a surprise or.
It s particularly popular in japan.
In 1972 the show capped broadway s golden era by becoming new york s then longest running musical and it has continually retained a global affection for its charming yet honest depiction of jewish life in the small russian village of anatevka at the turn of the 20th century.
Fiddler on the roof is not a perfect motion picture it is too long and there are times when it s obvious that the musical numbers have been pre recorded then lip synched but it represents an enjoyable three hours.