MusicalComedy DramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 22, 1964
Closing Date
Jul 02, 1972
1st Preview
Sep 17, 1964
1st Preview
Sep 17, 1964
Previews
5
Performances
3,242
MusicalComedy DramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Imperial Theatre
(Sep 22, 1964 - Feb 25, 1967)
Majestic Theatre
(Feb 27, 1967 - Dec 14, 1970)
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 16, 1970 - Jul 02, 1972)
Setting
Anatevka, a small village in Russia. 1905, on the eve of the Russian Revolution.
Produced by Harold Prince
Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Vocal arrangements by Milton Greene; Dance arrangements by Betty Walberg; Musical Director: Milton Greene
Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Settings by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Hair Styles D. Rusty Bonaccorso
General Manager: Carl Fisher; Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson
Production Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Stage Manager: James Bronson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert D. Currie
Assistant to the Director: Richard Altman; Asst. to the Choreographer: Tom Abbott; Copyist Supervisor: Mathilde Pincus; Sholom Aleichem's stories used by special permission of Arnold Perl
Assistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: Anne Sullivan; Assistant to Miss Zipprodt: Connie Ross and Albert Wolsky
Casting Director: Jack Leigh and Shirley Rich; Press Representative: Sol Jacobson and Lewis Harmon; Press Assistant: Earl Butler; Advertising Representative: Ingram Ash; Dance Captain: Sammy Bayes; Dance Research Consultant: Dvora Lapson
Zero Mostel
Tevye
the Dairyman
Beatrice Arthur
Yente
the Matchmaker
Bert Convy
Perchik
the Student
Tanya Everett
Broadway debut
Chava
Tevye's daughter
Michael Granger
Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
Maria Karnilova
Golde
Joanna Merlin
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Sep 17, 1964 - May 22, 1965
Julia Migenes
Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Sep 17, 1964 - Apr 01, 1967
Austin Pendleton
Motel
the Tailor
Joe Ponazecki
Fyedka
A Russian
Joseph Sullivan
Constable
Tom Abbott
Vladimir
A Russian
John C. Attle
Shloime
the Bagel Man
Sue Babel
Grandma Tzeitel
 
Villager
Sammy Bayes
Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
Robert Berdeen
Sasha
A Russian
Lorenzo Bianco
Chaim
the Fishmonger
Duane Bodin
Duvidel
the Seltzer Man
Gino Conforti
The Fiddler
Sep 17, 1964 - Nov 01, 1964
Robert Currie
Ilyitch
a Russian
Maurice Edwards
Nachum
the Beggar
Sarah Felcher
Surcha
A Villager
Leonard Frey
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Tony Gardell
Label
the Woodsman
Louis Genevrino
Hershel
the Potseller
Ross Gifford
Yankel
the Grocer
Dan Jasin
Schmeril
the Baker
Sandra Kazan
Fredel
A Villager
Thom Koutsoukos
Yakov
the Knifeseller
Sharon Lerit
Berille
A Villager
Paul Lipson
Avram
The Bookseller
Sylvia Mann
Mirala
A Villager
Peff Modelski
Sima
A Villager
Irene Paris
Rivka
A Villager
Marilyn Rogers
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Linda Ross
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Charles Rule
Moishe
the Cobbler
Gluck Sandor
Rabbi
Carol Sawyer
Fruma-Sarah
 
Villager
Zvee Scooler
Mordcha
the Inkeeper
Roberta Senn
Anya
A Villager
Mitch Thomas
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Helen Verbit
Shandel
Motel's mother
 
Villager
Understudies: John C. Attle (Nachum), Sue Babel (Shprintze, Bielke), Sammy Bayes (The Fiddler), Robert Berdeen (Fyedka), Maurice Edwards (Rabbi, Avram), Leonard Frey (Perchik, Motel), Ross Gifford (Constable), Dan Jasin (Mendel), Sandra Kazan (Hodel), Thom Koutsoukos (Mordcha), Sharon Lerit (Chava), Paul Lipson (Tevye, Lazar Wolf), Sylvia Mann (Grandma Tzeitel), Irene Paris (Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah) and Helen Verbit (Golde, Yente)

Imperial Theatre (Sep 22, 1964 - Feb 25, 1967)

Assistant Conductor: Charles Jaffe; Assistant to Mr. Prince: Annette Brafman Meyers
Dance Captain: Tom Abbott

Cast

Joanna Merlin
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Oct 10, 1966 - Feb 23, 1967
Luther Adler
During Zero Mostel's vacation
Tevye
the Dairyman
Jan 18, 1965 - Jan 30, 1965
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Aug 15, 1965 - ?
Kip Andrews
Vladimir
A Russian
Don Atkinson
Fyedka
A Russian
John C. Attle
Nachum
the Beggar
Mel Auston
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Sammy Bayes
The Fiddler
Jane Bergère
Bluma
A Villager
Herschel Bernardi
Tevye
the Dairyman
Nov 08, 1965 - ?
Jennie Lou Blackton
Berille
A Villager
Duane Bodin
Grandma Tzeitel
Maurice Brenner
Avram
The Bookseller
circa. 1965 - ?
Felice Camargo
Berille
A Villager
Ann C. Davies
Fruma-Sarah
Edward Edwards
Avram
The Bookseller
Tanya Everett
Chava
Tevye's daughter
Fyvush Finkel
Mordcha
the Inkeeper
 
Mordcha
the Inkeeper
circa. 1965 - ?
Leonard Frey
Motel
the Tailor
Aug 1965 - ?
 
Perchik
the Student
Ross Gifford
Grocer
A Villager
Harry Goz
Avram
The Bookseller
Gordon Gray
Perchik
the Student
Clarence Hoffman
Constable
circa. 1965 - ?
Ruth Jaroslow
Yente
the Matchmaker
circa. 1965 - ?
Dan Jasin
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Royce Lenelle
Hodel
Tevye's daughter
circa. 1965 - ?
Ken LeRoy
The Fiddler
Nov 03, 1964 - ?
 
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Paul Lipson
Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
David Lober
Vladimir
A Russian
Baruch Lumet
Avram
The Bookseller
circa. 1965 - ?
Ann Marisse
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
May 24, 1965 - Oct 08, 1966
Joe Masiell
Perchik
the Student
circa. 1965 - ?
James McDonald
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Tanny McDonald
Fredel
A Villager
Bette Midler
Broadway debut
Rivka
A Villager
 
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Feb 24, 1967 - Feb 22, 1970
Dutch Miller
Avram
The Bookseller
Anna Perez
Grandma Tzeitel
Maureen Polye
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
circa. 1965 - ?
Naomi Riseman
Mirala
A Villager
Larry Ross
Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
John-Michael Savaige
Fyedka
A Russian
Leslie Silvia
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Stanley Soble
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
circa. 1965 - ?
Florence Stanley
Yente
the Matchmaker
Joseph Sullivan
Constable
Renee Tetro
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
circa. 1965 - ?
Louis W. Waldon
Fyedka
A Russian
circa. 1965 - ?
Phyllis Wallach
Anya
A Villager
Dolores Wilson
Golde
circa. 1965 - ?
Kelly Wood
Chava
Tevye's daughter
circa. 1965 - ?
Victoria Wyndham
Fredel
A Villager
Pia Zadora
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Swing: David Lober
Understudies: John C. Attle (Motel, Avram), Jane Bergère (Grandma Tzeitel), Jennie Lou Blackton (Chava), Felice Camargo (Chava), Tony Gardell (Mordcha), Harry Goz (Tevye, Lazar Wolf), Thom Koutsoukos (Perchik), Faye McDonald (Shprintze, Bielke), Tanny McDonald (Hodel), Bette Midler (Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah), Larry Ross (The Fiddler), Phyllis Wallach (Shprintze, Bielke, Grandma Tzeitel) and Victoria Wyndham (Hodel)

Majestic Theatre (Feb 27, 1967 - Dec 14, 1970)

Assistant to Mr. Fisher: John Caruso
Stage Manager: Edmund Baylies; Assistant Stage Mgr: Edward Preston
Dance Captain: Kip Andrews

Cast

Rae Allen
Golde
Jul 15, 1968 - ?
Boris Aplon
Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
Peggy Atkinson
Chava
Tevye's daughter
John C. Attle
Shloime
the Bagel Man
 
Motel
the Tailor
Adrienne Barbeau
Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Oct 1968 - ?
 
Berille
A Villager
Robert Berdeen
Sasha
A Russian
Herschel Bernardi
Tevye
the Dairyman
Sep 18, 1967 - ?
Lorenzo Bianco
Chaim
the Fishmonger
Duane Bodin
Duvidel
the Seltzer Man
Allan Byrns
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Frank Coppola
Vladimir
A Russian
Joe Cusanelli
Avram
The Bookseller
Ann C. Davies
Rivka
A Villager
Judith Doren
Sima
A Villager
Sarah Felcher
Surcha
A Villager
Susan Feldon
Anya
A Villager
Del Franklin
Moishe
the Cobbler
David Garfield
Motel
the Tailor
Mar 1967 - ?
Ross Gifford
Yankel
the Grocer
Ben Gillespie
Duvidel
the Seltzer Man
Harry Goz
Tevye
the Dairyman
Aug 14, 1967 - ?
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Nov 06, 1967 - May 10, 1969
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Sep 08, 1969 - ?
Gordon Gray
Perchik
the Student
Aug 1965 - ?
Allan Gruet
Yakov
the Knifeseller
Jill Harmon
Villager
Rosalind Harris
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Feb 23, 1970 - May 03, 1970
Marta Heflin
Fruma-Sarah
 
Fredel
A Villager
Susan Hufford
Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Nov 02, 1970 - ?
Christine Jacobs
Berille
A Villager
Jerry Jarrett
During vacation
Tevye
the Dairyman
Jan 06, 1969 - Jan 19, 1969
 
Avram
The Bookseller
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
May 12, 1969 - Aug 02, 1969
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Jan 05, 1970 - ?
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Oct 12, 1970 - ?
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Oct 11, 1971 - ?
Dan Jasinsky
Schmeril
the Baker
Mitchell Jason
Avram
The Bookseller
Maria Karnilova
Golde
Jul 17, 1967 - ?
Thom Koutsoukos
Yakov
the Knifeseller
Elaine Kussack
Shandel
Motel's mother
Don Lawrence
Fyedka
A Russian
 
Villager
 
Sasha
A Russian
Paul Lipson
Tevye
the Dairyman
Jan 19, 1970 - ?
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Oct 19, 1970 - ?
 
Tevye
the Dairyman
Oct 18, 1971 - ?
Peggy Longo
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Sep 1966 - ?
Paul Marin
Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
Peter Marklin
Motel
the Tailor
Jun 02, 1970 - Jul 02, 1972
David Masters
Nachum
the Beggar
Pat Matera
Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
Faye Menken
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Jun 1969 - ?
Carolyn Mignini
Sima
A Villager
Richard Morse
Perchik
the Student
Peg Murray
Golde
Sep 14, 1970 - ?
 
Golde
Jun 30, 1969 - ?
Jan Myers
Grandma Tzeitel
 
Bluma
A Villager
Charlet Oberley
Mirala
A Villager
Victor Pieran
Hershel
the Potseller
Mimi Randolph
Golde
Aug 30, 1970 - ?
Samuel D. Ratcliffe
Sasha
A Russian
Larry Ross
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Charles Rule
Moishe
the Cobbler
Reuben Schafer
Nachum
the Beggar
 
Avram
The Bookseller
Martha Schlamme
Golde
Apr 09, 1968 - ?
Marc Scott
Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
Leslie Silvia
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Harriet Slaughter
Fruma-Sarah
 
Fredel
A Villager
Nov 1968 - ?
Judith Smiley
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
May 05, 1970 - Nov 07, 1970
Florence Stanley
Yente
the Matchmaker
Jun 1965 - ?
Ronn Steiman
Villager
Laura Stuart
Shandel
Motel's mother
Mimi Turque
Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Apr 03, 1967 - ?
 
Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Nov 09, 1970 - Jul 02, 1972
Dan Tylor
Shloime
the Bagel Man
Helen Verbit
During Maria Karnilova's vacation
Golde
Jun 26, 1967 - Jul 15, 1967
Dolores Wilson
Golde
Jul 01, 1968 - ?
Standby: Mitchell Jason (Tevye)
Understudies: Adrienne Barbeau (Hodel), Joe Cusanelli (Lazar Wolf, Tevye), Ann C. Davies (Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah), Judith Doren (Shprintze, Bielke, Fruma-Sarah), Ross Gifford (Constable), Allan Gruet (Perchik), Marta Heflin (Grandma Tzeitel, Tzeitel), Christine Jacobs (Hodel), Jerry Jarrett (Tevye, Lazar Wolf), Dan Jasinsky (Mendel), Elaine Kussack (Golde, Yente), Don Lawrence (Fyedka), Peggy Longo (Chava), David Masters (Rabbi, Avram), Pat Matera (The Fiddler), Jan Myers (Grandma Tzeitel), Charlet Oberley (Shandel), Samuel D. Ratcliffe (Fyedka), Reuben Schafer (Rabbi, Avram), Marc Scott (The Fiddler), Harriet Slaughter (Fruma-Sarah), Laura Stuart (Golde, Yente) and Dan Tylor (Nachum)

Broadway Theatre (Dec 16, 1970 - Jul 02, 1972)

Musical Director: Charles Jaffe
Company Manager: Warren O'Hara
Stage Manager: Jay Jacobson; Assistant Stage Mgr: David Wolf and Paul Wagner; 2nd Ass't Stage Mgr: Steve Bohm and David Wolf
Associate Conductor: Michael Forman
Casting Director: Joanna Merlin; Dance Captain: Steve Bohm

Cast

Jan Peerce
Tevye
the Dairyman
Dec 14, 1971 - Apr 30, 1972
Mimi Randolph
Golde
Lee Arthur
Bluma
A Villager
Barry Ball
Vladimir
A Russian
John Bartholomew
Yakov
the Knifeseller
Roger Briant
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Roger Brown
Moishe
the Cobbler
Bill Bugh
Vladimir
A Russian
 
Chaim
the Fishmonger
Peter De Nicola
Schmeril
the Baker
Gretchen Evans
Fredel
A Villager
Fyvush Finkel
Mordcha
the Inkeeper
Sol Frieder
Rabbi
Carlos Gorbea
Schmeril
the Baker
Pamela Greene
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Jill Harmon
Sima
A Villager
 
Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Ken Henley
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Ruth Jaroslow
Yente
the Matchmaker
Aug 19, 1971 - ?
Ed Linderman
Yakov
the Knifeseller
Paul Lipson
Tevye
the Dairyman
May 02, 1972 - ?
Glen McClaskey
Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
James McDonald
Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Faye Menken
Grandma Tzeitel
 
Anya
A Villager
Donald C. Moore
Avram
The Bookseller
Wallace Munro
Sasha
A Russian
Peg Murray
Golde
Feb 01, 1971 - ?
 
Golde
May 22, 1972 - ?
Maralyn Nell
Surcha
A Villager
Michael Petro
Fyedka
A Russian
Judy Safran
Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Zvee Scooler
Mordcha
the Inkeeper
Marc Scott
The Fiddler
Laura Stuart
Golde
Dec 21, 1970 - ?
 
Golde
Oct 1971 - ?
Ann Tell
Rivka
A Villager
Fred Weiss
Sasha
A Russian
Michael Zaslow
Perchik
the Student
Apr 1971 - ?
Understudies: Lee Arthur (Grandma Tzeitel), John Bartholomew (Perchik), Roger Briant (The Fiddler), Bill Bugh (Fyedka), Peter De Nicola (Mendel), Gretchen Evans (Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah), Carlos Gorbea (The Fiddler), Jill Harmon (Chava), Ed Linderman (Perchik), Glen McClaskey (Mendel), James McDonald (Motel), Faye Menken (Shprintze, Bielke) and Fred Weiss (Fyedka)
music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Act 1
Sung By
Tradition
Tevye and the Villagers
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Chava, Hodel and Tzeitel
If I Were a Rich Man
Tevye
Sabbath Prayer
Tevye, Golde and the Villagers
To Life
Lazar Wolf, Tevye and Men
Tradition (Reprise)
Tevye
Miracle of Miracles
Motel
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil
Tevye, Golde, Grandma Tzeitel, Fruma-Sarah and The Villagers
Sunrise, Sunset
Tevye, Golde and Villagers
Wedding Dance
The Villagers
Act 2
Sung By
Now I Have Everything
Hodel and Perchik
Tradition (Reprise)
Tevye
Do You Love Me?
Golde and Tevye
I Just Heard
Yente and The Villagers
Far From the Home I Love
Hodel
Chavaleh
Tevye
Anatevka
Tevye, Golde, Yente, Lazar Wolf, Mendel and Avram
Epilogue
The Entire Company

Tony Award®

Best Musical

1965 Winner

Best Composer and Lyricist

1965 Winner
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Best Actor in a Musical

1965 Winner
Zero Mostel

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1965 Winner
Maria Karnilova
 

Best Scenic Design

1965 Nominee
Settings by Boris Aronson

Best Costume Design

1965 Winner
Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt

Best Choreography

1965 Winner
Choreographed by Jerome Robbins

Best Direction of a Musical

1965 Winner
Directed by Jerome Robbins

Best Producer of a Musical

1965 Winner
Produced by Harold Prince

Best Author (Musical)

1965 Winner
Book by Joseph Stein
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