re: Whence Tevye's red coat...
Posted by: singleticket 12:55 pm EST 12/19/15
In reply to: Whence Tevye's red coat... - theaterluvr 06:20 am EST 12/19/15

the innovation, which consumes perhaps a minute in a show that is 155 minutes long

It's where Sher can prove himself a master of knowing his audience. He uses an accent to trigger a connection between the past and present where some directors would use a sledge hammer. His productions vary in success but he knows how to negotiate his ideas with a largely conservative audience and hats off to him and his producers for fighting for those ideas with Harnick.
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