Fiddler On The Roof (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (3,115)
See it if you want to see a fantastic show, the staging, the dancing just perfect I saw it with 4 others and we all agreed to see it again.
Don't see it if if you don't want to see a great show.
See it if You like the movie, the story.
Don't see it if You don't want to think about how traditions live with us and affect us.
See it if You Want a great American musical. Should be seen by everyone. A wonderful revival. Touching amusing intelligent. Danny Burstein outstanding
Don't see it if You don't want to see good theater. Young young children would probably not enjoy.
See it if you love great theater, dancing , and music. If you love rich, beautiful voices, and wonderful acting, you are in for a treat!
Don't see it if changes to the original, and a new production company making a classic their own will upset you.
See it if you like classic musicals, are interested in the evolution of family relationships or Jewish history.
Don't see it if you do not like traditional musicals.
See it if You love great singing and dancing and if you like a great, sentimental story
Don't see it if You don't like musicals
See it if you want to be thoroughly entertained. I am old enough to have 3 decades of Fiddler. Loved them all but this is a special production.
Don't see it if No reason not to see this show
See it if You like Tradition, you know the plot, or if you understand minorities.
Don't see it if You only like fluff.
Critic Reviews (53)
"This production brings a refreshing new vision to traditional Hasidic and Russian folk dances while also retaining the spirit of original choreographer Jerome Robbins. This brings a renewed adoration and appreciation of a work that has indeed become a tradition...Be prepared to be thrilled once again by a grand and emotionally moving 'Fiddler on the Roof.'"
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"With its brilliant book and its rousing and thrillingly integrated score, 'Fiddler' is the kind of work where familiarity breeds only more affection. Sher’s company validates that affection by imbuing the milieu with a crackling sense of life...Throughout the show, the large orchestra contributes immeasurably to the show’s vivacity and emotional strength…A show that for the most part excels in bringing a classic work to grand life, with tradition beautifully deep in its soul."
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“Broadway musicals are so often disappointing because they don’t really believe in the value of their silliness. In other words, they hedge their bets...The joys of this show (and this particular revival) come in its ability to make the audience submit to childish but essential feelings, the kinds that inspire us to belt show tunes off-key and dance like idiots. Indeed, I soon found myself vigorously waggling my arms like Tevye immediately after the show. It felt exquisite.”
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"Scaling Tevye down makes this more of an ensemble piece, and other Sher fingerprints will be worth talking about for the rest of the season—from the framing device to the Chagall-esque flying fiddler to the suspended houses. But there’s no argument that 'Miracle of Miracles,' 'To Life' and the bottle dance in 'Sunrise, Sunset' are zestily done."
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"Burstein's work here is gentle, warm-hearted — he gives us a deeply spiritual and loving man…The other wonder here is the choreography…It's staggeringly beautiful…There are so many solid performances here that it seems almost petty to single out individuals…Alas, sometimes you can have a little too much of a good thing, and this 'Fiddler' starts to drag in the second half…Sher's generally excellent additions push an already-long show to the three-hour mark."
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"Vibrant and brilliant and heartfelt...The only odd note in this show is Golde, who is too shrill and one dimensional, and struggles with the vocal requirements. She never reveals her crusted-over warmth and her duet with Tevye is consequently underwhelming. But brilliant touches are everywhere elsewhere...It all adds up to a remarkable achievement. From the first moment to the profound last, this 'Fiddler on the Roof' is a triumph. The show is the star."
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"I’d describe 'Fiddler' as refurbished: its structure’s been reinforced, and it’s been given a coat of fresh paint. So, yes, Sher’s 'Fiddler' is more useful and appealing than its previous revivals...I’m somewhat bothered by Sher bookending the show so obviously with Tevye as Everyman...Most arresting about the production is the new, robust choreography...Danny Burstein’s Tevye, refreshingly more youthful than world-weary, brings us movingly along with him."
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"Not schmaltzy at all, but rather subdued, perhaps a bit too subdued for all the gusto and verve that 'Fiddler' should offer...This respectful production makes one change: the introduction of a new framing device...But—it’s a big, sad but—there’s something missing. This 'Fiddler' is not balanced perfectly between heart-stopping emotion and stomach-curdling schmaltz. It errs on the side of gentility, of relatability."
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