Lower East Side's Museum at Eldridge Street Celebrates Return of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

To celebrate Fiddler on the Roof's return to Broadway, the Museum at Eldridge Street, located in the Lower East Side neighborhood where Jewish immigrants like those from Anetevka settled in New York, will present a host of special programs providing new insight into this beloved musical and the book it was based on, Sholem Aleichem's TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN.

First up: AFTER ANATEVKA: A MUSICAL WALKING TOUR, taking place this Sunday, September 20 at 11am. Accompanied by violist Nikki Federman, the tour will explore the stories, streets and landmarks where real life revolutionaries like Perchik preached, housewives like Golde bargained, tailors like Motel worked and fell in love, and other sites of Jewish significance in the neighborhood.

Other events include:

Book Talk on Sunday, November 1st at 3pm: Columbia University Professor Alisa Solomon will discuss her book WONDER OF WONDERS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF Fiddler on the Roof, telling the story of the musical's rise to the Broadway stage and beyond.

Concert on Tuesday, November 3rd: Musicians Jake Shulman-Ment, Deborah Straus, and Alicia Svigals celebrate the fiddle with the concert Fidl - 21st Century Masters of the Klezmer Violin. Bring your own fiddle for a jam session following the concert.

Visit eldridgestreet.org for more information.

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 byHofesh 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 by Sheldon 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. A wonderful cast and a lavish orchestra tell this heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith and family. Featuring the Broadway classics "To Life (L'Chaim!)," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Sunrise Sunset," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," and "Tradition,"Fiddler on the Roof will introduce a new generation to this uplifting celebration that raises its cup to joy! To love! To life!