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...Fiddler on the Roof. Performed by the MIT Musical Theatre Guild at MIT's Kresge Auditorium, April 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets...
...just our vision of him," smiled Composer Richard Rodgers, 74, considering the subject of his new Broadway musical Rex. Based on the life of Henry VIII and scheduled to open in April, the play will feature music by Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (who wrote Fiddler on the Roof) and British Actor Nicol Williamson as Henry. Despite his past successes (The King and I, Carousel, Pal Joey), the old pro composer faces some tough competition from two other Broadway veterans. As Rodgers put the finishing touches to his score last week, Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and Composer Leonard Bernstein began...
Blazing Saddler. The modern American Jew has supported a minor industry built on the ABs. He warms to his past either as romantic folklore or the wellsprings of neurosis. Fiddler on the Roof and Portnoy's Complaint can be immensely entertaining, but they hardly represent the range and depth of Jewish traditions...
...gumbooted koala bears and who can find menace in his pajamas ("The tops are alright-it's the bottoms you've got to watch") must be lovable. Richard Benjamin is not. Too broad for the English idiom, he appears to have strayed from a road company of Fiddler on the Roof. Eric Thompson directs with the same ordered frenzy he applied to Ayckbourn's hit of last year, Absurd Person Singular, but this time he is hampered by a company that fails to become an ensemble...
...last number of shows have not made much at all. Follies of course didn't make any money--it lost every cent put into it. Company only made 5-10% profit. See what I'm getting at? The loss of Follies far outweighs the gains of shows like Fiddler and Cabaret...