Photo Coverage: First look at Otterbein's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family's lives. He must cope both with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters, who wish to marry for love - each one's choice of a husband moves further away from the customs of his faith - and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will be performed 8 p.m. April 9 and 14-16 and 2 p.m. April 10 at the Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall (30 S. Grove Street in Westerville). For tickets, call the Otterbein box at 614-823-1109.

Check out a first look below!

Photo Credit: Jerri Shafer