Fiddler on the Roof

Original Broadway Production [1964]

Production Info

OPENING : September 22, 1964
CLOSING: July 2, 1972
Imperial Theatre [New York, NY]
3242 perf.

Opening Night Cast

Zero Mostel [Tevye, the Dairyman]
Maria Karnilova [Golde, his wife]
Joanna Merlin [Tzietel]
Julia Migenes [Hodel]
Tanya Everett [Chava]
Marilyn Rogers [Shprintze]
Linda Ross [Bielke]
Beatrice Arthur [Yente, the Matchmaker]
Austin Pendelton [Motel, the Tailor]
Bert Convy [Perchik, the Student]
Michael Granger [Lazar Wolf, the Butcher]
Zvee Scooler [Mordcha, the Innkeeper]
Gluck Sandor [Rabbi]
Leonard Frey [Mendel, his Son]
Paul Lipson [Avram, the Bookseller]
Maurice Edwards [Nachum, the Begger]
Sue Babel [Grandma Tzeitel]
Carol Sawyer [Fruma-Sarah]
Joseph Sullivan (ii) [Constable]
Joe Ponazecki [Fyedka]
Helen Verbit [Shandel, Motel's mother]
Gino Conforti [The Fiddler]
Robert Currie [Villager]
John C. Attle [Shloime, the Bagel Man]
Sammy Bayes [Yitzuk, the Streetsweeper]
Lorenzo Bianco [Chaim, the Fishmonger]
Duane Bodin [Duvidel, the Seltzer Man]
Sarah Felcher [Surcha]
Tony Gardell [Label, the Woodsman]
Louis Genevrino [Hershel, the Potseller]
Ross Gifford [Yankel, the Grocer]
Dan Jasin [Schmeril, the Baker]
Sandra Kazan [Fredel]
Thom Koutsoukos [Yakov, the Knifeseller]
Sharon Lerit [Berille]
Sylvia Mann [Mirala]
Peff Modelski [Sima]
Irene Paris [Rivka]
Charles Rule [Moishe, the Cobbler]
Roberta Senn [Anya]
Mitch Thomas [Yussel, the Hatmaker]
Tom Abbott [Vladimir]
Robert Berdeen [Sasha]

Staff/Creatives

Harold Prince [Producer]
Ruth Mitchell [Production Stage Manager]
Jerome Robbins [Director/Choreographer]
Milton Greene [Musical Director]
Boris Aronson [Settings]
Patricia Zipprodt [Costumes]
Jean Rosenthal [Lighting]
Don Walker [Orchestrations]
Milton Greene [Vocal Arrangements]
Betty Walberg [Dance Arrangements]

Authors

Joseph Stein [Book]
Sheldon Harnick [Lyrics]
Jerry Bock [Music]

Video

Zero Mostel performs "If I Were a Rich Man" on the 1971 Tonys.

The sisters (including Bette Midler) sing "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" on the 1969 Tonys as part of a tribute to past Best Musical winners that were still running at the time.

Photos

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