Today we are celebrating this week's news that a brand new revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is returning to Broadway in 2015!
Tradition Just in time for its 50th anniversary this year, yesterday it was officially announced that Golden Age mega-hit FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will return to Broadway in 2015 starring Danny Burstein, set to be directed by Bartlett Sher. Nevertheless, all the sunrises and sunsets of the last half-century cannot even begin to shed all the necessary light on one of the most revered and oft-revived musicals in theatre history - not to mention highlighting its distinct cultural impact, as well, both then and now. Originally produced on Broadway in 1964, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF celebrates its golden anniversary this year, forever remaining one of the most popular and celebrated musicals of the Golden Age. Featuring a score by the vaunted dream team of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, with a book by Joseph Stein, the musical was originally based on the short story collection TEVYE AND HIS DAUGHTERS by Sholem Aleichem. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF was first produced on Broadway by the formidable showman Harold Prince, then at the start of what would be an incomparable career in the theatre, also featuring a passionate physical production directed and choreographed by iconic Golden Age master director Jerome Robbins. The original mounting of the musical garnered 10 Tony Award nominations, taking home 9, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Direction. A classic in its own time and certainly one today, the various charms and insinuating features of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF are copious, considerable, and, many would claim, countless.
Photo Credits: Don Dixon/Stratford Festival, etc.
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