FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Comes To Orlando's Carr Performing Arts Centre 9/29-10/4

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal returns to Orlando's Carr Performing Arts Centre for a one-week engagement September 29 - October 4, 2009. Tickets start at $38.00 and go on sale Friday, August 7 at 10:00a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando Box Office, Amway Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations. Online purchases can be made at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Orlando. To charge-by-phone call 1-800-982-2787. Group orders for 20 or more may be placed by calling 407-423-9999 x17 or 1-800-950-4647.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will play Tuesday, September 29 through Sunday, October 4, 2009 with evening performances at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, a Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m., a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m., and a Sunday evening performance at 7:30 p.m.

"Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF," announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. And so begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal, embarks on its North American Tour. In what is a huge theatrical feat, audiences will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Jerome Robbins' original Broadway direction and choreography, complete with the star of the originAl West End production and the 1971 film, Chaim Topol.

Topol and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF were both nominated for the Academy Award in their respective categories. While enlisted in the Isreali Army, Topol won the 1972 Golden Globe for his performance in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. He is now joining this tour on the heels of a successful production in the South Pacific. In 1983 Topol reprised the role of Tevye in a London revival and in 1990 he again played the part in a Broadway revival, and was nominated for a Tony Award® for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

A perennial hit since it first opened in 1964, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has enjoyed critical acclaim for bringing to the stage a poignant story about the enduring bonds of the family. Now, the national touring production of this timeless musical brings the wit and wisdom of Tevye and his family to audiences throughout the United States with the reproduction of Jerome Robbins' famous masterpiece.

In 1965 Jerome Robbins won matching Tony Award®s for his direction and choreography of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. In this National Tour, both are recreated by Director Sammy Dallas Bayes, choreographer of the Broadway Revival.

Tevye's wrestling with the new customs of a younger generation is punctuated by an unforgettable score that weaves the haunting strains of "Sunrise, Sunset" and the rousing "If I Were A Rich Man" with the exuberant "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and triumphant "Tradition." When his daughters choose suitors who defy his idea of a proper match, Tevye comes to realize, through a series of incidents that are at once comic and bittersweet, that his children will begin traditions of their own. At the story's close, the villagers of Anatevka are forced to leave their homes and even the sturdy mores that have guided everyday life begin to crumble. Paradoxically, it is the enforced loss of the rigid traditions and home life that Tevye has tried so tenaciously to preserve that leads the family to reconcile and draw closer still.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will be at Orlando's Carr Performing Arts Centre for a one-week engagement September 29 - October 4, 2009. Tickets start at $38.00 and go on sale Friday, August 7 at 10:00a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando Box Office, Amway Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations. Online purchases can be made at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Orlando. To charge-by-phone call 1-800-982-2787. Group orders for 20 or more may be placed by calling 407-423-9999 x17 or 1-800-950-4647.

FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando is presented by Florida Theatrical Association, celebrating 20 years as a non-profit civic organization with a volunteer board of trustees established to ensure the continued presentation of quality touring Broadway productions and the promotion of arts education throughout the state of Florida. FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando is given promotional support by WKMG Local 6 and Sprint. For more information, visit www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com/Orlando.

Broadway Across America: Owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman), Broadway Across America presents first-class touring Broadway musicals and plays, family productions and other live events throughout a network of 43 North American cities. Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse live theatre for productions on Broadway, across America and throughout the world. Broadway Across America most recently produced Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS on Broadway, while current and upcoming productions include WEST SIDE STORY, BLITHE SPIRIT, MINSKY'S, and the DeafWest production of PIPPIN. Broadway tours include DORA THE EXPLORER, FROST/NIXON, SPAMALOT, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

Photo: Susan Cella and Chaim Topol

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