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Fiddler on the Roof   

 
New York State Theatre , (7/09/1981 - 8/23/1981)
First Preview: Total Previews:3
Opening Date:Jul 09, 1981   
Closing Date:Aug 23, 1981 Total Performances:53

Category: Musical, Comedy, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Anatevka, a village in Russia. 1905, on the eve of the revolutionary period.


Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Produced by Eugene V. Wolsk and James M. Nederlander; Associate Producer: Stella Saltonstall and Cheryl Raab
Originally produced by Harold S. Prince
Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem; Musical Director: Richard Vitzhum; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Vocal arrangements by Milton Greene; Dance arrangements by Betty Walberg
Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; Associate Director: Ruth Mitchell; Choreography reproduced by Tom Abbott
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Ken Billington; Hair Design by Patrik D. Moreton; Assistant to the Costume Designer: Lindsay W. Davis; Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Jeff Davis; Personal Assistant to Mr. Billington: Jason Kantrowitz
General Manager: Charles A. Eisler
Production Stage Manager: Ed Preston; Stage Manager: Sally Hassenfelt; Assistant Stage Mgr: Vito Durante
Sholom Aleichem's stories used by special permission of Arnold Perl; Musical Supervisor: Kevin Farrell; Musical Coordinator: Marty Grupp
National Public Relations Director: Alpert / LeVine; Press Associate: Mark Goldstaub; Casting: Mary Jo Slater; Dance Captain: Vito Durante; Advertising: SHOBIZADS; Photographer: Roger Greenawalt; Additional casting by Cheryl Raab
Cast
Herschel Bernardi Tevye
the Dairyman
Maria Karnilova Golde
Eydie Alyson Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Fyvush Finkel Mordcha
the Inkeeper
Jay Fox The Fiddler
Paul E. Hart Constable
Lori Ada Jaroslow Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
Ruth Jaroslow Yente
the Matchmaker
Liz Larsen Chava
Tevye's daughter
Ken Le Roy Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Paul Lipson Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
Alvin Myerovich Rabbi
Donalyn Petrucci Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Tog Richards Avram
The Bookseller
Joel Robertson Fyedka
A Russian
Susan Sheppard Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Grandma Tzeitel
Michelan Sisti Motel
the Tailor
Ralph Vucci Nachum
the Beggar
James Werner Perchik
the Student
Bradford Dunaway Fruma-Sarah
Sasha
A Russian
Ensemble
Jimmy Ferraro Ensemble
Michael Fogarty Ensemble
Margo F. Gruber Ensemble
Michael Lane Ensemble
Mark Manley Ensemble
Elaine Manzel Ensemble
Joyce Martin Fruma-Sarah
Ensemble
Bess Meisler Shandel
Motel's mother
Ensemble
Robert Parola Ensemble
Thomas Scalise Ensemble
Charles Spoerri Ensemble
Marsha Tamaroff Ensemble
Susan Tilson Ensemble
Tim Tobin Ensemble
Stephen Wright Yussel
the Hatmaker
Ensemble
Robert Yacko Ensemble
Swings: Frank Colardo (Swing) and Debra Timmons (Swing)
Standby: Paul Lipson (Tevye)
Understudies: Eydie Alyson (Grandma Tzeitel, Shprintze), Jimmy Ferraro (Nachum, Rabbi), Fyvush Finkel (Lazar Wolf), Margo F. Gruber (Fruma-Sarah), Mark Manley (Mendel), Bess Meisler (Golde, Yente), Robert Parola (The Fiddler), Tog Richards (Mordcha), Charles Spoerri (Constable), Susan Tilson (Hodel), Debra Timmons (Bielke, Chava, Tzeitel), Timothy Tobin (Fyedka), Ralph Vucci (Avram), Stephen Wright (Motel) and Robert Yacko (Fyedka, Perchik)
1982 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
 Herschel Bernardi [nominee]
music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick 
Fiddler On the Roof (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Various Artists

ACT 1Sung By
Tradition Full Company
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Chava (Tevye's daughter), Hodel (Tevye's daughter) and Tzeitel (Tevye's daughter)
If I Were a Rich Man Tevye (the Dairyman)
Sabbath Prayer Family and Villagers
To Life Lazar Wolf (the Butcher), Tevye (the Dairyman) and Village Men
Miracle of Miracles Motel (the Tailor)
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil Tevye (the Dairyman), Golde, Grandma Tzeitel, Fyedka (A Russian) and The Villagers
Sunrise, Sunset Family and Villagers
Wedding Dance The Villagers
ACT 2Sung By
Now I Have Everything Hodel (Tevye's daughter) and Perchik (the Student)
Do You Love Me? Golde and Tevye (the Dairyman)
I Just Heard Yente (the Matchmaker) and The Villagers
Far From the Home I Love Hodel (Tevye's daughter)
Anatevka Tevye (the Dairyman), Golde, Yente (the Matchmaker), Lazar Wolf (the Butcher), Mendel (the Rabbi's son) and Avram (The Bookseller)
Epilogue The Entire Company