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...that intrinsically depressing material can't work in the musical theatre; the best of recent musicals- Gypsy, Fiddler, Cabaret -all were tragic at the core. But, if seriousness is handled with anything short of perfection in a musical, the result is the worst kind of mess: the skeleton of a heavy play slowed down by the injection of music and dance...
...producer (such as Hal Prince, whose West Side Story had revolutionized the Broadway musical the year before) besides Merrick done it. Take Me Along's life would surely have been much longer. (It is interesting to note that co-author Stein went on to write two great serious musicals, Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba, for Prince...
...best work for the Broadway stage. Beckett received his first American production on one. Broadway was the place where technical aspects of the theater were developed to perfection. Broadway producers and directors were responsible for the creation of the musical, which, in such shows as West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof, has proved to be the only uniquely American contribution to world theater. But all this now belongs to the past, And so does Goldman's book. It is best to read it. remember, shudder, forget and move...
Like the Colonial, the Shubert has only two bookings so far, a return engagement of the road company of Fiddler on the Roof (November 17), which broke all Boston box office records last spring, and the Pearl Bailey-all black Hello, Dolly! (January 12). Fiddler, if you go for musicals, is probably the best ever and this particular production is as good as any you will...
SUMMER FOCUS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). "Black Fiddler: Prejudice and the Negro" is a report on community control of public schools highlighted by a Brooklyn junior high school production of Fiddler on the Roof...