Topol Fiddler On The Roof Broadway

He was forced to withdraw from the tour in boston owing to a shoulder injury and was replaced by theodore bikel and harvey fierstein both of whom had portrayed tevye on broadway.

Topol fiddler on the roof broadway.

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 or around 1905. The highly improbable ultimately triumphant broadway to hollywood story of fiddler on the roof we ve got 50 fiddler facts about the hit musical by joseph stein jerry bock and sheldon harnick. Ibdb provides records of productions from the beginnings of new york theatre until today. If i were a rich man.

Fiddler on the roof nov 18 1990 jun 16 1991 starring. The official database for broadway theatre information. This cast album to the 2004 broadway revival of fiddler on the roof is as touted the most complete album of the jerry bock sheldon harnick score to date including the brand new song topsy turvy. Topol was born on september 9 1935 in tel aviv palestine as chaim topol.

Alfred molina essays the role of tevye still most associated with zero mostel and topol and does a credible job. On january 20 2009 topol began a farewell tour of fiddler on the roof as tevye opening in wilmington delaware. He is an actor known for fiddler on the roof 1971 flash gordon 1980 and for your eyes only 1981. He has been married to galia topol since october 23 1956.

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. They have three children. Fiddler on the roof revival musical comedy drama broadway opened in new york city nov 18 1990 and played through jun 16 1991.