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About the Show
Fiddler on the Roof is Notre Dame Drama’s fourth annual musical. Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway on September 22, 1964 and closed on July 2, 1972. It was Broadway's longest running show for some time, with 3,242 performances. The script was written by Joseph Stein, music was written by Jerry Bock, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. The show was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and starred Zero Mostel as Tevye.
Fiddler on the Roof is the story of a poor Jewish milkman, Tevye, living with his wife and five daughters in a small Russian town called Anatevka in turn of century Russia. The town of Anatevka has been run on traditon for hundreds of years, and the people of Anatevka expect that they will always keep those traditions. But times are changing and the traditions of Anatevka are turned upside down when Tevye’s oldest daughters decide to marry for love instead of having arranged marriages. Their decision to break social norms and to follow their hearts will forever change the definition of marriage. On top of this social movement, outside world pressure is being placed on all Russian Jews, and so the people of Anatevka are forced to leave their homes in search of religious tolerance and human rights.
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