VIDEO: Join FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Matzo Ballerz and Learn The Traditions of The Broadway Bowling League
By: Michael Dale Mar. 21, 2016
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Sure, everyone knows it's a tradition for Broadway shows to field softball teams to compete in Central Park during the warmer months, but did you know the favorite sporting activity among Times Square's triple threats during the winter months is bowling?
For over twenty years, Frames in the Port Authority building has been welcoming Broadway's finest keglers as they compete in the Broadway Bowling League's Thursday late-night sessions.
In the fun video, Jeffrey "Shecky" Schecter, who plays Mendel, the rabbi's son, and George Psomas, who portrays Avram, the bookseller, in the hit Broadway revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, offer an inside look at the centuries-old traditions that their team, The Matzo Ballerz, follow the night before the Sabbath.
Another great tradition, not quite a century old, is preserving memorable Broadway shows on original cast albums. The new 2016 Fiddler on the Roof Broadway Cast Album, released by Broadway Records, is currently available for purchase at The Broadway Theatre. The recording is also available online on Amazon.com and on the label's website, broadwayrecords.com. The album is produced by David Lai, Ted Sperling and Louise Gund.
Take a look inside the warm up ritual for our Broadway Bowling team, The Matzo Ballerz! #FiddlerBroadway
Posted by Fiddler on the Roof on Monday, March 21, 2016
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF stars Danny Burstein as Tevye, Jessica Hecht as Golde, Adam Dannheisser as Lazar Wolf, Adam Kantor as Motel, Alix Korey as Yente,Samantha Massell as Hodel, Melanie Moore as Chava, Ben Rappaport as Perchik, Nick Rehberger as Fyedka, Alexandra Silber as Tzeitel and more.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is 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. The revival is choreographed by Hofesh Shechter, inspired by the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, and the music director is Ted Sperling (THE KING AND I, SOUTH PACIFIC).
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