Fiddler on The Roof was the first musical I had ever seen. Not only was it the first musical I seen but it was also the worse! It's not like its a bad musical just it wasn't one that I was interested in.
When I was a freshman in high school I was in drama club. We went and seen Fiddler on The Roof as a field trip with the choir kids. It was being put on at the Strand Theatre by Gratiot county players club which is this group of men, women, and children in my community that puts on plays and musicals. The strand theatre was the central buzz of our town back in the day, it was where my parents and grandparents had always gone to see movies. When I was really small it was a theatre that played movies once they left the big movie theatre, so usually new releases would show up there about a month after they left the other one. The best part is you got to see them for half the price. when I was about 10 years old it was shut down and turned into a play house.
On the way to the theatre everyone was so excited, but who wouldn't be with a chance to get out of school. We walked to the front of the building once we got there and it looked like exactly what it was, an old movie theatre. there was a booth out front with glass windows where people once bought tickets for the latest blockbusters. we walked through big wooden double doors that lead into the lobby. There sat an empty counter that once house snacks and treats. We were lead to a door on the left of the counter. In the room there sat over a couple dozen old theatre seats, they didn't even recline like the fancy ones we have now days. at the front of the room sat a stage. We all took our seats and waited for the musical to begin.
Everyone has there opinion on anything, but I have to say Fiddler on The Roof was down right boring! In a nut shell, its about a poor Jewish peasant who must marry off his three daughters while the girls fight the Jewish traditions and the government threatens to take their home. Boring right? thought so.
After the play was over, we all headed back to school extremely disappointed, we almost would rather have sat in class all day then sit through that. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that you shouldn't watch it but I will tell you that I thought it was terrible!
I remember watching the film version as a kid way back in the day. My parents owned the soundtrack on vinyl. I guess they liked it more than you did.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say I agree with you. Fiddler on the Roof is loved by some members of my family, but as a musical.... it was not the best I've seen! :) But the history in it was kind of interesting.
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