| When TOFT taped the 1976-77 revival of Fiddler on the Roof, in March of 1977, Robbins was deeply unhappy with the performance. (I don't know why exactly, but he was nothing if not a perfectionist.) He wanted to have the tape destroyed. Betty Corwin, the archive's founding director, managed to talk him out of it. During Robbins' lifetime he permitted very few people to see it, and this policy continued for several years after his death. After his personal attorney passed away, the restrictions were loosened somewhat. That video is still restricted, and requires advance permission to view, but a screening is not as difficult to arrange as it was, formerly. |
