À bientôt Theodore Bikel … Welcome Back Harvey Fierstein!!

Posted by joanne on Feb 3, 2010 in News | 0 comments

Marquis at the Golden Gate in San Francisco

… and the good old US of A…!  It was a terrific seven weeks in Canada, but it’s great to back where our dollar has some value and using a cell phone won’t send you into bankruptcy…

I haven’t played the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco in over 20 years… July 1989 with Topol in Fiddler, to be exact!  So much looks familiar… like the interior of the theatre (gevalt!!) but just a couple blocks East on Market looks suspiciously like MallTown USA… seriously ~ Lots of chain stores, lots of neon, lots of restaurants and movie theatres!  Of course, the Tenderloin is still the Tenderloin… but some things will never change!

It was great to welcome Harvey Fierstein back … We opened to cheers and whistles and of course, a standing ovation.  San Francisco LOVES Harvey!  Check out these reviews:  “Harvey Fierstein milks ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for every delicious ounce” “Harvey Fierstein raises the roof on Fiddler” , “Harvey Fierstein Sheds New Light on Iconic FIDDLER Role” and “BWW REVIEWS: Fiddler on the Roof with Harvey Fierstein” and this lovely article  “HARVEY FIERSTEIN – Is “Tevye” in Fiddler On The Roof”.

Theodore Bikel will join us once again when the tour hits Tucson, AZ on February 23, 2010, but will appear in San Francisco this week in his one-man show, “Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears” at the JCC-San Francisco.

In addition, the cast has been raising money during intermission for the American Red Cross to assist in Haiti Relief and Development.  We’ve already raised over $20,000 in Edmonton for the Canadian Red Cross, and we’re hopeful that the Canadian government will match our donations.