New York – Teyve is coming back.
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Producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel said Thursday that they will present a revival of “Fiddler on the Roof” — one of the last great musicals of Broadway’s Golden Age — in the fall of 2015.
It will represent the fifth revival of the show, which features lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock and a story by Joseph Stein. There was no word on casting, although Bartlett Sher will direct and choreography will be by Hofesh Shechter.
The Tony Award-winning musical about a Jewish milkman from the Ukrainian village of Anatevka is based on stories by Sholom Aleichem. It centers on Tevye, a poor Orthodox Jew with five rebellious daughters.
The original production in 1964 starred Zero Mostel and had an almost eight-year run, offering the world such stunning songs as “Sunrise, Sunset,” ”If I Were a Rich Man” and “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.”
Others who have played Teyve include Topol, Herschel Bernardi Jan Peerce. Alfred Molina and Harvey Fierstein played the part in the last Broadway revival in 2004, which ran for two years.
I hope they will put Yoli Lebowitz into this play…..
My favorite line from this play: Tevye: “God, I know that we are the chosen people. But, once in a while, couldn’t you choose someone else?”
Went to the show when it was on Broadway in 2004 – was fantastic!
The copywriter of this report must be suffering with Dyslexia. He/she keeps on writing “Teyve” Instead of “Tevye”.