Fiddler on the Roof (1987)

Fiddler on the Roof (1987) was a main stage musical production staged by Trollwood Performing Arts School. It was performed at Trollwood Park.

Plot Summary
Fiddler on the Roof is one of the best-known stage and film musicals. It originally opened on Broadway on September 22, 1964 with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and libretto by Joseph Stein. Zero Mostel played the protagonist, Tevye the Milkman, Maria Karnilova his wife Golde, Beatrice Arthur as Yente the Matchmaker, and Bert Convy as Perchik the student revolutionary.

Tevye was played by Chaim Topol in later productions; he also starred in the successful 1971 film adaptation by Norman Jewison. Other actors that have played Tevye on stage have included Alfie Bass, Herschel Bernardi, and Theodore Bikel.

The musical was revived on Broadway for the fourth time in 2004, with Alfred Molina (and later Harvey Fierstein) as Tevye and later Rosie O'Donnell as Golde. The revival closed on January 8, 2006.

The story is loosely based on Tevye and his Daughters, or Tevye the Milkman (originally published in 1949), by the Russian Jewish author Sholom Aleichem.

The play is set in the tiny Jewish shtetl (town) of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia in 1905. The story centers on Tevye's attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while adapting to new pressures. These manifest themselves chiefly in the strong-willed actions of Tevye's eldest three daughters, who each select her own husband, contrary to tradition. In both the film and stage production, Tevye has five daughters.

Other Stagings

 * Fiddler on the Roof (2006).... Trollwood Performing Arts School