Review: In ‘Rothschild & Sons,’ Getting Even by Getting Rich
“Fiddler on the Roof” and “Rothschild & Sons” have a few things in common. Both feature lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock. Both are about a Jewish couple with a lot of children of the same sex. When “Rothschild & Sons” opened on Broadway in 1970 as “The Rothschilds,” the original Broadway production of “Fiddler” was still playing nearby. Both lead actors (Zero Mostel and Hal Linden) won Tony Awards.
You cannot fault the York Theater Company’s rich new production of “Rothschild & Sons,” a one-act reimagining that looks absolutely royal in the intimate Theater at St. Peter’s at Citicorp Center: Splendid 18th-century men’s costumes by Carrie Robbins, low-key yet opulent scenic design (palaces versus the Frankfurt ghetto) by James Morgan, assertively nuanced lighting by Kirk Bookman.
