Fiddler On The Roof Broadway Cast 1964

Fiddler s original broadway production in 1964 was nominated for ten tony awards winning nine including best musical score and book and robbins won for best direction and choreography.

Fiddler on the roof broadway cast 1964.

Mostel and karnilova won as best leading actor and best featured actress. Lee arthur grandma tzeitel john c. 4 7 out of 5 stars 173 ratings. Fiddler on the roof broadway fiddler on the roof original cast list original cast current cast.

Attle motel avram john bartholomew perchik jane bergère grandma tzeitel jennie lou blackton chava roger briant the fiddler felice camargo chava peter de nicola mendel gretchen evans tzeitel fruma sarah tony gardell mordcha harry goz tevye lazar wolf christine jacobs hodel jerry jarrett tevye lazar wolf dan jasin mendel thom koutsoukos perchik faye mcdonald shprintze bielke james mcdonald. On this day in 1964 the groundbreaking musical fiddler on the roof opened at broadway s imperial theatre. Though revival cast recordings have included even more of the score. Bert convy jerry bock fiddler on the roof related recordings sheldon harnick zero mostel 5 more.

For me what raises the original 1964 broadway cast recording of fiddler on the roof to the indispensable level is 1 the superb vividly captured orchestral playing with magnificent clarinet trills in the wedding bottle dance which like the rumor was a welcome addition to the cd transfer from the original lp. Even though several actors herschel bernardi luther adler harry goz among others played the milkman during the show s long run of 3 242 performances mostel s portrayal remains its supreme incarnation.