Re: Celtic shmeltic

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Riverdance  -- Fiddler on the Roof...  What's the difference?
>Schmaltz is Schmaltz

Possibly true, but in this case we're talking about four
klezmer bands playing with Itzhak Perlman, the show being
called "In the Fiddler's House." It =is= quite a bit 
staged, but what I've heard has been quite nice ... even
if Perlman is close to, but not quite playing klez.

ari