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Thursday, May 26, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- The Question Of Marriage by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

I can't believe it's May again. It marks a year since my audition process for Fiddler began. It also marks a year since I decided that if I booked the show, I was going to propose to my girl…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08PM
Thursday, May 19, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Monday Monday by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

I'm amazed at how many things I keep learning from doing this show every day. Yesterday, during the matinee, as we were performing the sons' section of 'Tradition', I discovered that I was h…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13PM
Friday, May 13, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Back To School In a Harnick and Bock Way by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

'God, Ben. We get it, we get it. Arts in school blah blah blah.' I know, I know, but I have to piggyback on last week and tell you about what I got to witness this week.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PM
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Tony Aftermath by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

'Twas the night before the Tony nominations, when all through midtownpretty much everyone was stirring. Especially that mouse at least in pre-war buildings above restaurants.The iphones were…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PM
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Keep It Fresh by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

The orchestra starts the waltz into 'Sunrise, Sunset'. Everyone is in place, Tevye sings, 'Is this the little girl I carried' Nothing out of the ordinary, here. Then, four male ensemble memb…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Shtetl Diet by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

I must have been an incredibly naive 12 year old. As my family and I were leaving the Marriott Marquis Theatre after a performance of the revival of Annie Get Your Gun, we passed by the stag…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- They're People. Just Like Us. by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

I must have been an incredibly naive 12 year old. As my family and I were leaving the Marriott Marquis Theatre after a performance of the revival of Annie Get Your Gun, we passed by the stag…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- #Bearding by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

I've coined this new term. The power of the beard has not only led me to bow before it in awe and reverence, but also offer it the illustrious status of being a verb. To beard is about doing…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PM
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- A Break From No Routine by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

My trip to visit my girlfriend came to an abrupt halt. I had just gotten off a conference call with my agent and manager, 'Get to the airport as soon as you can. They want to test you for th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PM
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- Dry? Just Add Water! by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

In between takes of a scene on 'The Good Wife' a few years ago, I was commiserating with veteran actor Zach Grenier-'Why is it that I'm completely relaxed in every shot EXCEPT my close up' H…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- For The Ages by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

In between takes of a scene on 'The Good Wife' a few years ago, I was commiserating with veteran actor Zach Grenier-'Why is it that I'm completely relaxed in every shot EXCEPT my close up' H…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- The Old Country by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

'We are Russian Jews', my father would always tell me when I asked where we came from. From a very young age, I was curious about history where people and things came from, origins, and remn…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

BWW Blog: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Ben Rappaport- My Road To Anatevka by Guest Blogger: Ben Rappaport

Let's take a trip back in time, shall we The year was 1993 or '94, or '95....'96, I was 7 or 8, or 9...10 years old, and my parents took my sister and me to the Three Little Bakers dinner th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PM

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