Paper Mill Playhouse's Fiddler on the Roof began performances December 6, with opening night set for December 10. The run will continue through January 7, 2024. Get a first look at the production photos in the gallery below.
Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee is at the helm. Parker Esse reproduces Jerome Robbins' original Tony-winning choreography for the production.
The cast features Jordan Gelber (Avenue Q, Mr. Saturday Night) as Tevye, Jill Abramovitz (Beetlejuice) as Golde, Alexandra Socha (Spring Awakening) as Tzeitel, Austen Danielle Bohmer (Diana) as Hodel, Maya Jacobson (Fidler Afn Dakh) as Chava, Etai Benson (Company) as Motel, David R. Gordon (Flashdance) as Perchik, Suzanne Grodner (Beautiful) as Yente, Jeremy Radin (The Way Back) as Lazar Wolf, and Andrew Alstat (The Sound of Music) as Fyedka.
Andrew Alstat and Maya Jacobson
Jordan Gelber and Jill Abromovitz
Jordan Gelber and Jill Abromovitz
David R Gordon and Austen Danielle Bohmer
David R Gordon, Austen Danielle Bohmer, and Jordan Gelber
Company of Fiddler on the Roof
Alexandra Socha and Etai Benson
Jordan Gelber, Jeremy Radin, and company of Fiddler on the Roof
Jordan Gelber and Jeremy Radin
Jordan Gelber
Maya Jacobson, Alexandra Socha, and Austen Danielle Bohmer
Suzanne Grodner
The ensemble includes Paloma Maia Aisenberg, Sophie Aknin, Ari Axelrod, Ze’ev Barmor, Sabrina Brush, Michael Bullard, Mark Campbell, Will Stephan Connell, Nick Davis, Ira Denmark, Alex Dorf, Derek Ege, Carley Gilbert, Emerson Glick, Blair Goldberg, Susan J. Jacks, Michał Kołaczkowski, Kyra Leeds, Beatrice Owens, Nick Raynor, Anna Grace Rosenthal, and Price Waldman.
Winner of the 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical and based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof features a book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. The score to the classic musical, about Tevye the milkman, his wife, and five daughters, includes such favorites as “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “To Life (L’Chaim!),” and “Sunrise, Sunset.”
The production features music direction by Jillian Zack, scenic design by Kelly James Tighe, costume design by Leon Dobkowski, lighting design by Charlie Morrison and Jason M. Flamos, sound design by Sun Hee Kil, hair and wig design by Leah J. Loukas, and fight and intimacy direction by Rick Sordelet. Casting is by JZ Casting. Melissa Chacón is the production stage manager.
