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Musical ‘fiddles’ its way into hearts, Hult
The 35-year-old classic
‘Fiddler on the Roof continues
to draw avid audiences
By Jennifer Rollings
lor the Emerald
It has been said that the test of a clas
sic is its ability to endure.
If endurance is the deciding factor,
then Jerome Robbin’s “Fiddler on the
Roof' passes this test with flying colors.
After almost four decades of interna
tional acclaim, “Fiddler” will run at the
Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall from
March 2 to 4 for the musical’s
“‘Fiddler’ is one of those
Broadway classics that
contain stories about per
sonal relationships that are
very human,” said Erick
Hoffman, marketing
and programming di
rector for the Hult Cen
ter. “This is what has
allowed the show to
sustain popularity for
such a long period of
time.”
Since its 1964 debut,
“Fiddler” has enter
tained audiences with
the story of Tevye, a
poor Jewish milkman
struggling to raise his
daughters in turn-of
the-century Russia.
“‘Fiddler’ explores
the feeling of not be
ing able to control
what’s going on in
your world,” Hoff
man said. “People
connect with that on a
very emotional level.”
a
“Fiddler” is brought to the Hult Center
by the Theater League of Eugene and
stars John Preece as Tevye. Now on his
third national tour of “Fiddler," Preece
has performed the role more than 1,000
times. Sammy Dallas Bayes, whose
choreography of the 1990 Broadway pro
duction of “Fiddler” won a Best-Revival
Tony Award, directs.
The track record of “Fiddler” includes
nine 1965 Tony Awards as well as a
1971 film adaptation that received 8
Coming up
■WHAT:'Fiddler
on the Roof
■WHEN:
March 2-4 at
8p.m.
■ WHERE:
Hult Center
■TICKETS:
$17.50 to $35 at
the Hult Center
box office or Fred
Meyer FASTIXX
outlets
Academy Award
nominations. The
show has been
performed at the
Hult Center twice
before, in 1985
and in 1992.
The musical
score of “Fiddler,”
consisting of such
well-known fa
vorites as “Tradi
tion,” “If I Were A
Rich Man” and
“Matchmaker,” is
another element
that has con
tributed to the
snow s popular appeal, according to
Hoffman.
“So much of the music of “Fiddler”
has songs you’ll be humming for weeks
afterward,” Hoffman said.
Ticket sales have been “very strong,”
according to Hoffman. As of Feb. 23,
three-fourths of the tickets for the three
shows had been sold.
“Fiddler on the Roof” will be per
formed March 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. Tick
ets range in price from $17.50 to $35 and
are available at the Hult Center Box Of
fice or through Fred Meyer FASTIXX
outlets.
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