An entirely fresh, funny & gorgeous new production. A reason for celebration!
Jesse Green, New York Magazine
An entirely fresh, funny & gorgeous new production. A reason for celebration!
Jesse Green, New York Magazine
Why see Fiddler on the Roof?
The Musical Classic Returns!
Following 2016's wildly acclaimed Broadway revival, the classic Fiddler on the Roof is out on tour! A landmark show born of the Golden Age of American musicals, Fiddler is a boisterous, heartfelt tale of love and acceptance set in a Russia on the edge of revolution. Among the show's countless iconic songs written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick are "If I Were A Rich Man", "Matchmaker, Matchmaker", and "Sunrise, Sunset."
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Fiddler first premiered on Broadway in 1964, and won an incredible nine Tony Awards. It was subsequently adapted for the silver screen, winning three Oscars. The latest Broadway production, led by the irrepressible Danny Burstein, proved to be a worthy successor, playing over 400 performances and picking up three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Choreography. With Tony winner Bartlett Sher in the director's chair
WHAT IS FIDDLER ON THE ROOF ABOUT?
At the turn of the 20th Century, Russia is a country on the brink of revolution. Although the chaos seems to seldom touch the isolated family of Tevye the Milkman, he sees the effect on his three elder daughters and the lives that they choose the lead.
Tzeitel, the oldest has little prospects for a poor woman, when the widowed and ancient butcher Lazar Wolf shows interest in her whilst she pines for the poor tailor Motel, it begins a story of rebellion, violence, love and acceptance that finds Tevye and the family learning to leave behind their old lives and start a new one full of hope and laughter!
Key Information
Audience
Recommended for ages 8+
Run Time
2 hours and 45 minutes
Dates
Finished Oct 28, 2018
Cast
Jonathan Hashmonay as Tevye
Maite Uzal as Golde
Andrew Hendrick as Lazar Wolf
Mary Beth Webber as Yente
Leah Platt as Tzeitel
GraceAnn Kontak as Hodel
Yarden Barr as Chava
Elliot Lazar as Motel
Austin J. Gresham as Perchik
Carson Robinette as Fyedka
Jason Thomas Sofge as Constable
ENSEMBLE
Morgan Cohen, Max Derderian, Gabriella Green, Christopher Hager, Ansley Grace Hamilton, James Jude Johnson, Remy Laifer, Emelie Latzer, Tyler McCall, Tayler Mettra, Conor McGiffin, Tayler Mettra, Ali Arian Molaei, Jacob Nahor, Adolfo Ortiz-Feder, Emily Qualmann, Daniel Rabinowitz, Isabel Robin, Jacob Simon, Lauren Blair Smith, Lauren Steinert, Rosie Webber and Scott Willits.
Creative
Based on the stories by Sholem Aleichem
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Joseph Stein
Directed by Barlett Sher
Awards
2016 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Danny Burnstein
Best Choreography - Hofesh Shechter
2016 Drama Desk Award Wins
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Danny Burnstein
Outstanding Director of a Musical - Bartlett Sher
Reviews
Customer reviews
67 reviews, average rating: (3.9 Stars)
Amelia D
Fiddler on the roof
Saw fidler on the roof about 5 years ago at the Walnut Street Theater.
Love love LOVED it. Wanted to see it again the following night badley
but had no one to go with, made me so sad. Can't wait to see it
again.Excellent show. Second level better than floor seats. ... Read more
Trish
Simply spectacular. Thank you.
Hard to please theater-goer here, but boy did they. Applause. Applause. Thoroughly
enjoyed. Great acting, singling, and dancing. Bravo! ... Read more
Dan Williams
Terrific with a few exceptions
I’m a long time Fiddler fan ... even played Lazar Wolf in high school. I loved how this
production cast younger leads than other productions. That was more in keeping with the
source material and made better sense considering the ages of the daughters. I was looking
forward to the idea of having Tevye’s descendant opening and closing the show, but it just
didn’t work.
Casting was uneven. Secondary leads like the Constable, Rabbi, Lazar and Yente were Ok, but
not memorable. Yente, the broadest, funniest, most beloved character was flat and blended
into the background. Traditional huge laughs were hurried through and missed the mark. She
even flubbed a line in the Gossip bit that the Tzeitel character had to help recover.
In general, I found that many songs and key speeches were paced a little too fast, missing big
laughs. On the positive side, I loved the big numbers like Sunrise, Sunset, the Dream
Sequence and Chavala. The entire “To Life†scene was phenomenal ... Read more
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