The clarinets (chair and subs) of the New York production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (off-Broadway, 2018-2020, directed by Joel Grey, stage direction / choreography by Staś Kmieć) have joined their effort to record the iconic Wedding Dance, part of which is Bottle Dance. At the trying times of the coronavirus/ COVID-19 pandemic, we have done ( Read more... )

A little sneak peek of Fiddler at Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat in Bucharest last spring of 2019. Had to put those countless hours of rehearsal tapes to use, finally. Basically I had 10 days to achieve the impossible, to assemble this huge musical, basically an opera / musical, almost from scratch, with the songs in Yiddish (which I speak and the ( Read more... )