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===Other notable North American productions=== ''Topol in 'Fiddler on the Roof': The Farewell Tour'' opened on January 20, 2009, in [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. Topol left the tour in November 2009 due to torn muscles. He was replaced by [[Harvey Fierstein]]<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [https://archive.today/20120906162127/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134532-Harvey_Fierstein_to_Replace_Topol_in_Touring_Fiddler_on_the_Roof "Harvey Fierstein to Replace Topol in Touring ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], ''Playbill'', November 11, 2009</ref> and [[Theodore Bikel]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Broadway's ''Fiddler on the Roof'' star Theodore Bikel dead at 91|url=https://torontosun.com/2015/07/21/broadways-fiddler-on-the-roof-star-theodore-bikel-dead-at-91|access-date=September 27, 2020|newspaper=Toronto Sun}}</ref> The cast included Mary Stout, Susan Cella, [[Bill Nolte]], [[Erik Liberman]], Rena Strober, and Stephen Lee Anderson.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=February 10, 2009|title=Topol Is Tevye in New Fiddler Tour, With Stout, Cella, Strober, Launching Feb. 10|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/topol-is-tevye-in-new-fiddler-tour-with-stout-cella-strober-launching-feb-10-com-157820|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=Playbill}}</ref> [[National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene]] mounted a Yiddish adaptation, ''[[Fidler Afn Dakh]]'', at the [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]] in New York City, under the direction of [[Joel Grey]], with a translation by Shraga Friedman that was first used in a 1965 Israeli production.<ref>Passy, Charles. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/n-y-theater-company-will-present-an-all-yiddish-fiddler-1513888504 "N.Y. Theater Company Will Present an All-Yiddish ''Fiddler''"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', December 21, 2017. Accessed July 6, 2018.</ref> The cast included [[Jackie Hoffman]] as Yente, [[Steven Skybell]] as Tevye, [[Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird|Daniel Kahn]] as Pertshik, [[Stephanie Lynne Mason]] as Hodel and [[Raquel Nobile]] as Shprintze.<ref>Geselowitz, Gabriela. [http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/casting-announced-yiddish-fiddler "Casting Announced for Yiddish ''Fiddler!''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404132130/http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/casting-announced-yiddish-fiddler |date=April 4, 2020}}, ''[[Jewcy]]'', May 15, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018</ref> Previews began on July 4, and opening night was July 15, 2018. The production played through the end of that year.<ref name=ManiaExtends>[https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/yiddish-fiddler-extends-run-through-2020_88763.html "Yiddish ''Fiddler on the Roof ''Extends Run to 2020"], ''Theater Mania'', May 15, 2019</ref> It then transferred to [[Stage 42]], an off-Broadway theatre,<ref>Fierberg, Ruthie. [http://www.playbill.com/article/yiddish-fiddler-on-the-roof-will-transfer-to-off-broadways-stage-42 "Yiddish ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Will Transfer to Off-Broadway's Stage 42"], ''Playbill'', November 14, 2018, accessed January 14, 2019</ref> with Skybell, Hoffman, Mason and Nobile reprising their roles. Previews began February 11, with opening night on February 21, 2019. Musical staging was by [[Staś Kmieć]] (based on the original choreography by Robbins), with set design by [[Beowulf Boritt]], costumes by [[Ann Hould-Ward]], sound by [[Dan Moses Schreier]] and lighting by [[Peter Kaczorowski]].<ref name=ManiaExtends/><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/theater/yiddish-fiddler-to-continue-its-run-at-stage-42.html "Yiddish ''Fiddler'' to Continue Its Run at Stage 42"], ''The New York Times'', December 3, 2018</ref> The production closed on January 5, 2020.<ref>Fierberg, Ruthie. [https://www.playbill.com/article/yiddish-fiddler-on-the-roof-closes-off-broadway-january-5 "Yiddish ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Closes Off-Broadway January 5"], January 5, 2020</ref> It won the 2019 [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical]].<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roofstage-42-2018-2019 "''Fiddler on the Roof'' in Yiddish"], ''Playbill'', accessed July 20, 2019</ref>
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