Fiddler on the Roof

Imperial Theatre

September 22, 1964 - February 25, 1967

Majestic Theatre

February 27, 1967 - December 14, 1970

Broadway Theatre

Dec 16, 1970 - Jul 02, 1972

Previews Began: September 17, 1964

Opening Night: September 22, 1964

Closing Night: July 2, 1972

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Music: Jerry Bock

Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick

Book: Joseph Stein

When Tevye’s eldest daughter, Tzeitel, begs him to let her marry a poor tailor rather than the middle-aged butcher that he has already chosen for her, Tevye must choose between his own daughter’s happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Meanwhile, there are other forces at work in Anatevka, dangerous forces which threaten to destroy the very life he is trying to preserve.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE

Tradition…………………………………..Tevye, Villagers
Matchmaker, Matchmaker………..Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava
If I Were a Rich Man…………………………………Tevye
Sabbath Prayer…………………..Tevye, Golde, Company
To Life…………Tevye, Lazar Wolf, Russian Soloist, Men
Tradition (Reprise)…………………………………..Tevye
Miracle of Miracles…………………………………..Motel
The Tailor, Motel Kamzoil………………….Tevye, Golde,
Grandma Tzeitel,
Fruma-Sarah,
Villagers
Sunrise, Sunset…………………..Tevye, Golde, Villagers
Wedding Dance…………………………………..Villagers

ACT TWO

Now I Have Everything……………………Perchik, Hodel
Tradition (Reprise)…………………………………..Tevye
Do You Love Me?……………………………..Tevye, Golde
I Just Heard……………………………….Yente, Villagers
Far From the Home I Love…………………………..Hodel
Chavaleh………………………………………………Tevye
Anatevka…….Tevye, Golde, Yente, Lazar Wolf, Mendel,
Avram
Epilogue…………………………………………..Company

CAST

OPENING NIGHT

Zero Mostel Tevye
Beatrice Arthur Yente
Bert Convy Perchik
Tanya Everett Chava
Michael Granger Lazar Wolf
Maria Karnilova Golde
Joanna Merlin Tzeitel
Julia Migenes Hodel
Austin Pendleton Motel
Joe Ponazecki Fyedka
Joseph Sullivan Constable
Tom Abbott Vladimir
John C. Attle Shloime
Sue Babel Grandma Tzeitel
Sammy Bayes Yitzuk
Robert Berdeen Sasha
Lorenzo Bianco Chaim
Duane Bodin Duvidel
Grandma Tzeitel
Gino Conforti The Fiddler
Robert Currie Villager
Maurice Edwards Nachum
Sarah Felcher Surcha
Leonard Frey Mendel
Tony Gardell Label
Louis Genevrino Hershel
Ross Gifford Yankel
Dan Jasin Schmeril
Sandra Kazan Villager
Thom Koutsoukos Yakov
Sharon Lerit Villager
Paul Lipson Avram
Sylvia Mann Mirala
Peff Modelski Sima
Irene Paris Rivka
Marilyn Rogers Shprintze
Linda Ross Bielke
Charles Rule Moishe
Gluck Sandor Rabbi
Carol Sawyer Fruma-Sarah
Zvee Scooler Mordcha
Roberta Senn Anya
Mitch Thomas Yussel
Helen Verbit Shandel