Walker and I went to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Fair Park Music Hall yesterday afternoon. Both of us love musicals--both in movie form and on stage. It's been a while since we've been able to see one on stage...I think the last one we saw was Phantom of the Opera a couple of years back. Anyway, Walker's all time favorite musical is Fiddler on the Roof. Ken & Debbe know this and knew the show was coming to town so as a Christmas gift to us bought us tickets to the show, along with a voucher for babysitting. We have been anticipating this show for six months! Incidentally, this is Topol's farewell tour. He has played the role of Tevye for over 40 years, you would also recognize him as the movie Tevye. He is 72 years old and started playing this role shortly after serving his three and a half years in the Israeli Defense Force. The play started as a short story based on a surrealistic painting. The show was fantastic. He gets around that stage like someone in his thirties. The show is no longer in Dallas so I can't recommend that you go and see it immediately, but I am so glad that we had this unique opportunity to see the person who made this role his own.
On another note, this show increased my love for being a Dallas girl. I love that we can go to a musical and have people in jeans, cowboy boots, baseball hats, shorts, cocktail dresses and suits feel so completely comfortable and at home with one another. I also love that the row behind us thought we were 'kids' and were so eager to talk.
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