Photo Coverage: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Company Preps for Broadway!

The upcoming Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof will begin performances on Friday, November 20, 2015, with an official opening night on Sunday, December 20, 2015, at The Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway). It will star Danny Burstein as Tevye, Jessica Hecht as Golde, Adam Dannheisser as Lazar Wolf, Adam Kantor as Motel, Alix Korey as Yente,Samantha Massell as Hodel, Melanie Moore as Chava, Ben Rappaport as Perchik, Nick Rehberger as Fyedka, Alexandra Silber as Tzeitel and more.

Fiddler on the Roof will be directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, who most recently helmed the 2015 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The King and I. Sher has directed Burstein on Broadway in the revivals of Golden Boy and South Pacific, as well as in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. It will be choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, inspired by the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, and the music director will be Ted Sperling (The King and I, South Pacific).

Fiddler on the Roof has book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics bySheldon Harnick. The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, was the first musical in history to surpass 3,000 performances. The show won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical in addition to eight other Tony Awards that year.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Bartlett Sher

Sheldon Harnick

Danny Burstein

Jessica Hecht

Adam Kantor

Adam Dannheisser

Alexandra Silber

Samantha Massell

Bartlett Sher

Bartlett Sher

Adam Kantor

Adam Kantor

Melanie Moore

Alexandra Silber

Adam Dannheisser

Adam Kantor

Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Harnick and Danny Burstein

Adam Dannheisser, Sheldon Harnick and Danny Burstein

Danny Burstein and Jessica Hecht

Danny Burstein and Jessica Hecht

Ben Rappaport, Samantha Massell, Nick Rehberger, Melanie Moore, Alexandra Silber and Adam Kantor