Fiddler on the Roof
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family’s lives. He must cope with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love; their choices of husbands are successively less palatable for Tevye. An edict of the tsar eventually evicts the Jews from their village.
The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony Awards, including best musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful 1971 film adaptation and has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It has also been a popular choice for school and community productions.[1]
Cast & Crew
Cast
Avram | Austin Kent |
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Bielke | Amanda Govey |
Chava | Lisa Jacobs |
Constable | Peter Rutherford |
Fiddler | Peter Ardran |
Fruma-Sarah | Sally Mates |
Fyedka | Christopher Snell |
Golde | Thelma Ruby |
Grandma Tzeitel | Clare Peters |
Hodel | Andrea Levine |
Lazar Wolf | David Jackson |
Mendel | David Tysall |
Mordcha | Jacob Witkin |
Motel | Peter Whitman |
Nahum | Brian Ellis |
Perchik | Steven Mann |
Rabbi | Brian de Salvo |
Shandel | Sandra Carrier |
Shprintze | Maxine Gordon |
Tevye | Topol |
Tzeitel | Jane Gurnett |
Villager | David Donegan |
Villager | Sue Edelson |
Villager | Graham Fawcett |
Villager | Michael Garrick |
Villager | Robert Hopkins |
Villager | Serge Julien |
Villager | Julia Lintott |
Villager | Joseph Lloyd Collatin |
Villager | Clive Marlowe |
Villager | Ian McArthur |
Villager | Roy Morton |
Villager | Robert Northwood |
Villager | Bruce Ogston |
Villager | Hugh Rathbone |
Villager | Ken Robson |
Villager | Jenny Sawyer |
Villager | Wendy Schoemann |
Villager | Caroline Tatlow |
Yente | Maria Charles |
Crew | |
Choreography reproduced by | Tom Abbott |
Costume Designer | Patricia Zippodt |
Dance Arrangements | Betty Walberg |
Designer | Boris Aronson |
Direction reproduced by | Ruth Mitchell |
Lighting Designer | Benny Ball |
Musical Director | Grant Hossack |
Orchestrator | Don Walker |
Original Direction / Choreography | Jerome Robbins |
Production Design Consultant | Peter Ling |
Sound Designer | Julian Beech |
Vocal Arrangements | Milton Greene |
Assistant to Miss Mitchell and Mr Abbott | Irene Claire |
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