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Production Information


Previews:	September 17, 1964 (7 previews)
Opening:	September 22, 1964
Closing:	July 02, 1972
# Performances:	3242
Theatres:	Broadway Theatre (12/16/1970 - 7/2/1972)
	Broadway Theatre (12/16/1970 - 7/2/1972)
	Majestic Theatre (2/27/1967 - 12/14/1970)
	Majestic Theatre (2/27/1967 - 12/14/1970)
	Imperial Theatre (9/22/1964 - 2/25/1967)
	Imperial Theatre (9/17/1964 - 2/25/1967)
Production Type:	Original Production
Production Status:	Closed
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1
Version:	Original Broadway Version

Production Staff

Boris Aronson

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Scenic Designer

D. Rusty Bonaccorso

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Hair Designer

Milton Greene

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Musical Director

Jerome Robbins

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Director/Choreographer

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Choreographer

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Director

Jean Rosenthal

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Lighting Designer

Don Walker

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Orchestrator

Patricia Zipprodt

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Costume Designer

Original Cast | Replacements

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

Samuel D. Ratcliffe	....	Sasha
Luther Adler	....	Tevye (the dairyman)
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
Rae Allen	....	Golde
Kip Andrews	....	Vladimir
	....	Vladimir
Boris Aplon	....	Lazar Wolf
	....	Lazar Wolf
	....	Lazar Wolf
Lee Arthur	....	Bluma
	....	Bluma
	....	Grandma Tzeitel (Understudy)
	....	Grandma Tzeitel (Understudy)
Don Atkinson	....	Fyedka
	....	Fyedka
John C. Attle	....	Motel
	....	Nachum
	....	Shloime
	....	Avram (Understudy)
	....	Motel (Understudy)
	....	Motel (Understudy)
Mel Auston	....	Yussel
	....	Yussel
Barry Ball	....	Vladimir
Adrienne Barbeau	....	Hodel
	....	Berille
	....	Hodel
John Bartholomew	....	Knifeseller
	....	Perchik (Understudy)
Sammy Bayes	....	The Fiddler
Robert Berdeen	....	Sasha
Jane Bergere	....	Bluma
	....	Bluma
	....	Grandma Tzeitel (Understudy)
	....	Grandma Tzeitel (Understudy)
Herschel Bernardi	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
Lorenzo Bianco	....	Chaim
	....	Fishmonger
Jennie Blackton	....	Berille
	....	Berille
	....	Chava (Understudy)
	....	Chava (Understudy)
Duane Bodin	....	Duvidel
Maurice Brenner	....	Avram
Roger Briant	....	Hatmaker
	....	The Fiddler (Understudy)
Roger Brown	....	Moishe
Bill Bugh	....	Chaim
	....	Vladimir
	....	Fyedka (Understudy)
Allan Byrns	....	Yussel
Felice Camargo	....	Tzeitel
	....	Berille
	....	Chava (Understudy)
Frank Coppola	....	Vladimir
Ann C. Davies	....	Rivka
	....	Fruma-Sarah (Understudy)
	....	Tzeitel (Understudy)
Judith Doren	....	Sima
Edward Edwards	....	Avram
Gretchen Evans	....	Fredel
	....	Fredel
	....	Fruma-Sarah (Understudy)
	....	Fruma-Sarah (Understudy)
	....	Tzeitel (Understudy)
	....	Tzeitel (Understudy)
Tanya Everett	....	Chava
Sarah Felcher	....	Surcha
Fyvush Finkel	....	Mordcha
	....	Mordcha
	....	Mordcha
Del Franklin	....	Cobbler
	....	Moishe
Leonard Frey	....	Motel
	....	Perchik
Sol Frieder	....	Rabbi
	....	Rabbi
Tony Gardell	....	Label
	....	Label
	....	Woodsman
	....	Mordcha (Understudy)
	....	Mordcha (Understudy)
David Garfield	....	Motel
Ross Gifford	....	Grocer
	....	Yankel
	....	Yankel
	....	Constable (Understudy)
	....	Constable (Understudy)
Ben Gillespie	....	Duvidel
	....	Duvidel
	....	Seltzer Man
Carlos Gorbea	....	Schmeril
	....	The Fiddler (Understudy)
Harry Goz	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Avram
	....	Avram
	....	Lazar Wolf (Understudy)
	....	Lazar Wolf (Understudy)
	....	Tevye (Understudy)
	....	Tevye (Understudy)
Gordon Gray	....	Perchik
	....	Perchik
Pamela Greene	....	Bielke
	....	Bielke
Allan Gruet	....	Yakov
Jill Harmon	....	Sima
	....	Sima
	....	Chava (Understudy)
	....	Chava (Understudy)
Rosalind Harris	....	Tzeitel
Marta Heflin	....	Fredel
	....	Fruma-Sarah
Ken Henley	....	Yussel
Clarence Hoffman	....	Constable
Susan Hufford	....	Hodel (their daughter)
	....	Hodel
	....	Hodel
	....	Hodel
Christine Jacobs	....	Berille
	....	Berille
	....	Berille
	....	Hodel (Understudy)
	....	Hodel (Understudy)
Ruth Jaroslow	....	Yente
	....	Yente
Jerry Jarrett	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Avram
	....	Avram
	....	Avram
	....	Tevye
	....	Lazar Wolf (Understudy)
	....	Lazar Wolf (Understudy)
	....	Tevye (Understudy)
Dan Jasin	....	Schmeril
	....	Mendel (Understudy)
Mitchell Jason	....	Avram
Maria Karnilova	....	Golde
Thom Koutsoukos	....	Yakov
	....	Perchik (Understudy)
	....	Perchik (Understudy)
Elaine Kussack	....	Shandel
	....	Shandel
Don Lawrence	....	Fyedka
Royce Lenelle	....	Hodel
Ken Leroy	....	The Fiddler
Kenneth LeRoy	....	Mendel
Ed Linderman	....	Yakov
	....	Perchik (Understudy)
Paul Lipson	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Tevye
	....	Lazar Wolf
	....	Tevye
Paul Lipson (i)	....	Tevye (the dairyman)
David Lober	....	Vladimir
	....	Performer (Swing)
Peggy Longo	....	Shprintze
	....	Chava
	....	Chava
	....	Chava
Baruch Lumet	....	Avram
Paul Marin	....	Lazar Wolf
Ann Marisse	....	Tzeitel
Peter Marklin	....	Motel
	....	Motel
	....	Motel
Joe Masiell	....	Perchik
David Masters	....	Nachum
	....	Avram (Understudy)
	....	Rabbi (Understudy)
Pat Matera	....	Yitzuk
	....	The Fiddler (Understudy)
Glen McClaskey	....	Streetsweeper
	....	Yitzuk
	....	Mendel (Understudy)
Faye McDonald	....	Bielke (Understudy)
	....	Shprintze (Understudy)
James McDonald	....	Mendel
	....	Mendel
	....	Motel (Understudy)
	....	Motel (Understudy)
Tanny McDonald	....	Fredel
	....	Hodel (Understudy)
Faye Menken	....	Shprintze
	....	Anya
	....	Anya
	....	Grandma Tzeitel
	....	Grandma Tzeitel
	....	Shprintze
	....	Bielke (Understudy)
	....	Shprintze (Understudy)
Joanna Merlin	....	Tzeitel
Bette Midler	....	Tzeitel
	....	Rivka
	....	Fruma-Sarah (Understudy)
	....	Tzeitel (Understudy)
Carolyn Mignini	....	Sima
Richard Morse	....	Perchik
	....	Perchik
Wallace Munro	....	Sasha
Peg Murray	....	Golde (his wife)
	....	Golde (his wife)
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
Jan Myers	....	Bluma
	....	Grandma Tzeitel
Maralyn Nell	....	Surcha
	....	Surcha
Peter De Nicola	....	Baker
	....	Mendel (Understudy)
Charlet Oberley	....	Mirala
	....	Mirala
	....	Mirala
	....	Shandel (Understudy)
	....	Shandel (Understudy)
Jan Peerce	....	Tevye
Anna Perez	....	Grandma Tzeitel
Michael Petro	....	Fyedka
	....	Fyedka
Victor Pieran	....	Hershel
	....	Hershel
	....	Potseller
Maureen Polye	....	Bielke
Mimi Randolph	....	Golde (his wife)
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
Naomi Riseman	....	Mirala
	....	Mirala
Larry Ross	....	Mendel
	....	Yitzuk
	....	The Fiddler (Understudy)
Ken Le Roy	....	The Fiddler
	....	The Fiddler
	....	The Fiddler
Charles Rule	....	Moishe
John-Michael Savaige	....	Fyedka
Reuben Schafer	....	Nachum
	....	Nachum
	....	Nachum
	....	Avram (Understudy)
	....	Avram (Understudy)
	....	Rabbi (Understudy)
	....	Rabbi (Understudy)
Martha Schlamme	....	Golde
Zvee Scooler	....	Mordcha
Marc Scott	....	The Fiddler
	....	The Fiddler
	....	The Fiddler
	....	Yitzuk
Leslie Silvia	....	Bielke
	....	Bielke
	....	Shprintze
	....	Shprintze
Harriet Slaughter	....	Fredel
	....	Fruma-Sarah
	....	Fruma-Sarah
	....	Fruma-Sarah
Judith Smiley	....	Tzeitel
	....	Tzeitel
Stanley Soble	....	Mendel
Florence Stanley	....	Yente
	....	Yente
Laura Stuart	....	Golde (his wife)
	....	Golde
	....	Golde
	....	Shandel
	....	Shandel
	....	Shandel
	....	Golde (Understudy)
	....	Golde (Understudy)
	....	Yente (Understudy)
	....	Yente (Understudy)
Joseph Sullivan	....	Constable
	....	Constable
	....	Constable
Ann Tell	....	Rivka
	....	Rivka
	....	Rivka
Renee Tetro	....	Shprintze
Mimi Turque	....	Tzeitel (their daughter)
	....	Hodel
	....	Tzeitel
	....	Tzeitel
	....	Tzeitel
Dan Tylor	....	Bagel Man
	....	Shloime
	....	Shloime
	....	Nachum (Understudy)
	....	Nachum (Understudy)
Helen Verbit	....	Golde
	....	Golde (Understudy)
	....	Golde (Understudy)
	....	Yente (Understudy)
	....	Yente (Understudy)
Louis W. Waldon	....	Fyedka
Phyllis Wallach	....	Anya
	....	Anya
	....	Bielke (Understudy)
	....	Bielke (Understudy)
	....	Shprintze (Understudy)
	....	Shprintze (Understudy)
Fred Weiss	....	Sasha
	....	Fyedka (Understudy)
Dolores Wilson	....	Golde
	....	Golde
Kelly Wood	....	Chava
Victoria Wyndham	....	Fredel
	....	Fredel
	....	Hodel (Understudy)
	....	Hodel (Understudy)
Pia Zadora	....	Bielke
Michael Zaslow	....	Perchik (the student)
	....	Perchik
	....	Perchik

[Full Cast & Staff]

Fiddler on the Roof

(Original Broadway Production, 1964)