Scott Wahle Leads FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Reagle Music Theatre, Now thru 7/21

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, one of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's top-five-selling shows of all time, is back by popular demand today, July 11-21 starring Boston television personality and IRNE Award winner Scott Wahle as Tevye. Reprising the role that earned him critical acclaim 10 years ago, Wahle leads a cast of 45 in this timeless musical based on Sholem Aleichem's beloved stories.Donna Sorbello, the IRNE Award-winning actress who starred as Mrs. Higgins in last season's My Fair Lady at Reagle Music Theatre, returns as Tevye's wife, Golde.

With a book by Joseph Stein and a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has touched audiences around the world with its humor, warmth, honesty and rich historical and ethnic detail. Set in the Little Village of Anatevka, the story follows Tevye, a poor dairyman, as he tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. The evergreen score includes favorites "Tradition," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," and "To Life." The original Broadway production, which opened in 1964 and ran for nearly eight years, won nine Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Olivier Award nominee, IRNE Award winner and Broadway star Kirby Ward directs FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. IRNE nominee Susan M. Chebookjian choreographs, recreating Jerome Robbins' iconic dance numbers. IRNE Award winner Dan Rodriguez provides music direction, and Jeffrey Leonard conducts. Costumes are by Kansas City Costumes. Sets, designed by Steve Gilliam, are from the most recent National Tour.

Scott Wahle (Tevye) is 30-year veteran of television news and sports, most recently serving as morning news anchor for WBZ-TV in Boston from 1998-2008. A Hingham native and graduate of Notre Dame University with a major in English and minor in theater arts, Wahle has established a second career performing regularly on Boston area stages. He recently portrayed George A. Dodge in the world premiere musical Paragon Park, and he has starred at Reagle Music Theatre in The Music Man (IRNE Award), 1776 (IRNE Award nomination), The Will Rogers Follies, Into the Woods, Say It with Music, and Fiddler on the Roof. Other regional starring roles include the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Wonka in Willy Wonka, The King in The King and I, Curly in Oklahoma!, Sancho in Man of La Mancha, Michael in I Do! I Do! and Smudge in Forever Plaid. Wahle's motion picture credits include the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz filmKnight and Day and HallMark Hall of Fame's The Makeover. In addition to frequent concert appearances, he was a featured guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," he's performed twice with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, and he has sung the National Anthem for the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and Patriots.

Donna Sorbello* (Golde) returns to Reagle Music Theatre after earning critical acclaim for her portrayal of Mrs. Higgins in last season's My Fair Lady. An IRNE Award-winning actress and veteran of Off-Broadway and National Tours, Sorbello has performed regionally with Huntington Theatre Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Shear Madness, Lyric Stage, New Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Nora Theatre Company, and Wheelock Family Theatre. Favorite roles include The Woman in Unexpected Man (Gloucester Stage), Ana in Clean House (New Century), Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (Palace), Lady in Orpheus Descending (IRNE Award), and Serafina inThe Rose Tattoo (TAW, CT). Elsewhere Sorbello has appeared as Amanda in Private Lives (Sharon Playhouse), Mad Agnes in The Drunkard(13th Street, NY), Evie in the national tour of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, and Pat Nixon in Fight Song (Frankel Theatre). Television and film credits include The Makeover, Invention of Lying, The Brotherhood, Tax Day, See Kate Run, Mulberry Tree, and Haichiko. Sorbello is also an instructor of Acting and Playwriting.

Other featured cast members are Nora Fox (The Sound of Music with Richard Chamberlain) as Tzeitel; Gillian Gordon (IRNE Award nominee) as Hodel; Alexa Lebersfeld as Chava; Sophia Wulsin as Bielke; Beth Martin Pierce as Yente; Jacob Sherburne as Motel; Daniel Forest Sullivan as Perchik; Matt Phillipps as Fyedka; Rishi Basu as Lazar Wolfe/Papa; R. Glen Michell (IRNE Award winner) as Constable; Harold "Jerry" Walker as Rabbi; Allison Russell as Grandma Tzeitel/Daughter; Shonna Cirone as Fruma-Sara/Mama; Andy Papas as Avram the Bookseller; and Rick Sherburne as Mordcha the Innkeeper. Ensemble members are Paul Marchesiani, Christopher A. King and Gary Vincent as Papas; Alexa Bouchard, Nicole Vander Laan, Regina Lucas, Meryl Galaid, Angela Richardson and Margie Quinlan as Mamas; Mike Zaharczuk, Zaven Ovian, Nicholas Davis, James Forbes Sheehan, Jason Dick, Serge Clivio and Michael Anthony Russo as Sons; IsaBelle Miller, Jackie Thoeharis, and Naree Ketudat as Daughters; and Brad Jensen, Andrew Winans, Christopher Hird, Eddie Zitka and Alex Norden as Male Dancers.

Performances of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF are 2:00 p.m. today, July 11 and Saturdays and Sundays, July 13-14 and 20-21; and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 12, Thursday, July 18, and Saturday, July 20. Single tickets for adults are $57 (premium), $49, $42 and $35. Seniors 60 or older receive $3 off adult prices. Tickets for youths 5-18 are $25, any section.

Tickets are available by phone at 781-891-5600, in person at the Box Office during regular business hours, or online anytime at www.reaglemusictheatre.com. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more may be purchased by calling 781-894-2330 or 781-891-5600.

A special Free Fun Friday performance will be held on Friday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. This performance is funded by the Highland Street Foundation and is designed to open the doors to the arts to families who might otherwise not be able to attend. Tickets are not on sale for this event. For details, visit www.reaglemusictheatre.com.

Reagle Music Theatre is located at 617 Lexington Street, Waltham, Mass. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and performance days, 9 a.m. to curtain. For more information, visit Reagle Music Theatre on the web at www.reaglemusictheatre.com.

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