I should amend my previous email to clarify somewhat. The performance I attended was on Friday evening, July 21, 1971, when "Fiddler" became Broadway's longest running MUSICAL. In June of 1972, it surpassed "Life with Father" to become Broadway's longest-running SHOW.
To answer your question, yes there was some advance publicity that there would be a celebration at the theater, although I don't think the casts of most of the other shows playing at the time showed up in droves. The only performer I remember seeing was Dom DeLuise who had recently replaced James Coco in "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers." |
