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Fiddler on the Roof

Imperial Theatre, (9/22/1964 - 2/25/1967)
Majestic Theatre, (2/27/1967 - 12/14/1970)
Broadway Theatre, (12/16/1970 - 7/2/1972)
Preview:Sep 17, 1964 Total Previews:7
Opening:Sep 22, 1964   
Closing:Jul 2, 1972 Total Performances:3242


Category: Musical, Comedy, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Anatevka, a small village in Russia. 1905, on the eve of the Russian Revolution.





by opening date


Produced by Harold Prince

Book by Joseph Stein; Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Musical Director: Milton Greene; Vocal arrangements by Milton Greene; Dance arrangements by Betty Walberg

Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins

Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Hair Design by D. Rusty Bonaccorso; Assistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Assistant to Miss Zipprodt: Connie Ross and Albert Wolsky; Prod. Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: Anne Sullivan

General Manager: Carl Fisher; Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson and Warren O'Hara

Production Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Stage Manager: James Bronson, Jay B. Jacobson and Paul Waigner; Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert D. Currie

Sholom Aleichem's stories used by special permission of Arnold Perl; Copyist Supervisor: Mathilde Pincus

Press Representative: Sol Jacobson and Lewis Harmon; Dance Captain: Sammy Bayes; Assistant to the Director: Richard Altman; Asst. to the Choreographer: Tom Abbott; Casting: Shirley Rich and Jack Leigh; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Dance Research Consultant: Dvora Lapson; Assistant to Mr. Prince: Annette Brafman Meyers


Opening Night Cast

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 
 
Julia Migenes Hodel
Tevye's daughter 
 
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  
Sammy Bayes Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper 
 
Robert Berdeen Sasha
A Russian 
 
Lorenzo Bianco Chaim
the Fishmonger 
 
Duane Bodin Duvidel
the Seltzer Man 
 
 Grandma Tzeitel  
Gino Conforti The Fiddler  
Robert Currie Villager  
Maurice Edwards Nachum
the Beggar 
 
Tanya Everett Chava
Tevye's daughter 
 
Sarah Felcher Surcha  
Leonard Frey Mendel
the Rabbi's son 
 
Tony Gardell Label  
Louis Genevrino Hershel  
Ross Gifford Yankel
the Grocer 
 
Dan Jasin Schmeril  
Sandra Kazan Villager  
Thom Koutsoukos Yakov
the Knifeseller 
 
Sharon Lerit Villager  
Paul Lipson Avram
The Bookseller 
 
Sylvia Mann Mirala
A Villager 
 
Julia Migenes Hodel
Tevye's daughter 
 
Peff Modelski Sima  
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  
Zvee Scooler Mordcha
the Inkeeper 
 
Roberta Senn Anya
A Villager 
 
Mitch Thomas Yussel
the Hatmaker 
 
Helen Verbit Shandel
Motel's mother 
 

Understudies: John C. Attle (Nachum), Sue Babel (Bielke, Shprintze), Sammy Bayes (The Fiddler), Robert Berdeen (Fyedka), Maurice Edwards (Avram, Rabbi), Leonard Frey (Motel, Perchik), Ross Gifford (Constable), Dan Jasin (Mendel), Danny Kasin (Mendel), Sandra Kazan (Hodel), Thom Koutsoukos (Mordcha), Sharon Lerit (Chava), Paul Lipson (Lazar Wolf, Tevye), Sylvia Mann (Grandma Tzeitel), Irene Paris (Fruma-Sarah, Tzeitel).