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Fiddler on the Roof   

 
Winter Garden Theatre , (12/28/1976 - 5/21/1977)
First Preview:Dec 27, 1976 Total Previews:1
Opening Date:Dec 28, 1976   
Closing Date:May 21, 1977 Total Performances:167

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


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Nederlander Producing Company of America, Inc. and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Produced in association with Theatre Now, Inc.
Originally produced by Harold S. Prince
Book by Joseph Stein; Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Vocal arrangements by Milton Greene; Dance arrangements by Betty Walberg; Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock
Directed by Jerome Robbins; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; Direction reproduced by Ruth Mitchell; Choreography reproduced by Tom Abbott
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Ken Billington
General Manager: Theatre Now, Inc.; Company Manager: Robb Lady
Production Stage Manager: Kenneth Porter; Stage Manager: Tobias Mostel and Val Mayer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Wallace Munro; Production Supervisor: Mitch Miller; Technical Supervisor: Peter Mavoides
By arrangement with Arnold Perl; Assistant Conductor: Danny Rocks
General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt and Maria Cristina Pucci; Casting: T.N.I. Casting and Julie Hughes; Dance Captain: Vito Durante
Cast
Zero Mostel Tevye
the Dairyman
Thelma Lee Golde
Lynn Archer Surcha
Sima
Sammy Bayes The Fiddler
Duane Bodin Grandma Tzeitel
Yussel
the Hatmaker
Tiffany Bogart Bielke
Tevye's daughter
Christopher Callen Hodel
Tevye's daughter
Paul A. Corman Mendel
the Rabbi's son
Myron Curtis Bottle Dancer
Hershel
Rick Friesen Fyedka
A Russian
Jeanne Grant Shandel
Motel's mother
Elizabeth Hale Tzeitel
Tevye's daughter
David Horwitz Schmeril
Robert L. Hultman Vladimir
A Russian
Matthew Inge Bottle Dancer
Shloime
the Bagel Man
Ruth Jaroslow Yente
the Matchmaker
Hope Katcher Fredel
A Villager
Jeff Keller Perchik
the Student
Paul Lipson Lazar Wolf
the Butcher
Joyce Martin Fruma-Sarah
Rivka
A Villager
David Masters Nachum
the Beggar
Charles Mayer Rabbi
Glen McClaskey Chaim
the Fishmonger
Wallace Munro Bottle Dancer
Duvidel
the Seltzer Man
Sasha
A Russian
Alexander Orfaly Constable
Irwin Pearl Motel
the Tailor
Merrill Plaskow II Avram
The Bookseller
Patrick Quinn Yakov
the Knifeseller
Tog Richards Bottle Dancer
Label
Davia Sacks Shprintze
Tevye's daughter
Maureen Sadusk Mirala
A Villager
Leon Spelman Mordcha
the Inkeeper
Debra Timmons Bluma
A Villager
Nancy Tompkins Chava
Tevye's daughter
Don Tull Yitzuk
the Streetsweeper
Shelley Wolf Bascha
Standby: Paul Lipson (Tevye)
Understudies: Lynn Archer (Yente), Paul A. Corman (Motel), Vito Durante (The Fiddler), Jeanne Grant (Golde), Matthew Inge (Mendel), Hope Katcher (Fruma-Sarah, Tzeitel), David Masters (Avram, Rabbi), Glen McClaskey (Constable), Wallace Munro (Grandma Tzeitel), Merrill Plaskow II (Mordcha), Patrick Quinn (Fyedka, Perchik), Tog Richards (Nachum), Leon Spelman (Lazar Wolf), Debra Timmons (Bielke, Chava, Shprintze) and Nancy Tompkins (Hodel)
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