Editing Fiddler on the Roof

{{short description|1964 musical}}
{{about|the 1964 musical|the film|Fiddler on the Roof (film){{!}}''Fiddler on the Roof'' (film)|other|Fiddler on the Roof (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Anatevka|the Ukrainian village|Anatevka, Ukraine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox Musical
| name = Fiddler on the Roof
| image = Fiddler On The Roof Playbill.jpg
| caption = ''[[Playbill]]'' from the original Broadway production
| music = [[Jerry Bock]]
| lyrics = [[Sheldon Harnick]]
| book = [[Joseph Stein]]
| basis = [[Tevye|Tevye the Dairyman]]<br />by [[Sholem Aleichem]]
| productions = {{Plain list|
* 1964 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
* 1967 [[West End theatre|West End]]
* 1976 Broadway [[Revival (play)|revival]]
* 1981 Broadway revival
* 1983 [[West End revival]]
* 1990 Broadway revival
* 1994 West End revival
* 2003 [[UK]] tour
* 2004 Broadway revival
* 2007 West End revival
* 2008 UK tour
* 2009 US tour
* 2015 Broadway revival 
* 2018 US tour
* 2019 West End revival
}} <!-- PLEASE include in the Box ONLY major market productions that have ALREADY OPENED -->
<!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->| awards = {{plainlist|
*1965 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]
*1965 [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Tony Award for Best Score]]
*1965 [[Tony Award for Best Book]]
*1991 [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical]]
*2020 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]]
*2024 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]]}}
}}
'''''Fiddler on the Roof''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with music by [[Jerry Bock]], lyrics by [[Sheldon Harnick]], and [[musical theatre#Book musicals|book]] by [[Joseph Stein]], set in the [[Pale of Settlement]] of [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] in or around 1905. It is based on "Tevye the Dairyman" and other short stories by [[Sholem Aleichem]]. The story centers on [[Tevye]], a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his [[Jews|Jewish]] religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family's lives. He must cope with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love; their choices of husbands are successively less palatable for Tevye. An edict of the [[Nicholas II|tsar]] eventually evicts the Jews from their village.

The original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. ''Fiddler'' held the record for the [[List of Broadway shows that have held title of longest-running show|longest-running Broadway musical]] for almost 10 years until ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' surpassed its run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine [[Tony Award]]s, including best musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful [[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|1971 film adaptation]] and has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It has also been a popular choice for school and community productions.<ref>[[Michael Paulson|Paulson, Michael]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/theater/fiddler-on-the-roof-gets-a-debated-update.html "''Fiddler on the Roof'' Gets a Debated Update"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 18, 2015, accessed March 6, 2018; and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', May 26, 2008, issue, p. 51 (reporting that ''Fiddler'' ranked as the seventh most frequently produced musical by U.S. high schools in 2007.)</ref>

==Background==
''Fiddler on the Roof'' is based on a series of stories by [[Sholem Aleichem]] about his character [[Tevye|Tevye the Dairyman]], which he wrote in [[Yiddish]] between 1894 and 1914 about Jewish life in a village in the [[Pale of Settlement]] of [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] at the turn of the 20th century. The stories are based on Aleichem's own upbringing near [[Kyiv]] (fictionalized as [[Yehupetz]]). It is also influenced by ''Life is with People'', by [[Mark Zborowski]] and Elizabeth Herzog.<ref>Joselit, Jenna Weissman. [https://newrepublic.com/article/117621/wonder-wonders-and-worlds-sholem-aleichem-reviewed "''Fiddler on the Roof'' Distorted Sholem Aleichem"], ''[[The New Republic]]'', June 7, 2014, accessed November 3, 2014</ref> Aleichem wrote a dramatic adaptation of the stories that he left unfinished at his death, but which was produced in Yiddish in 1919 by the [[Yiddish Art Theater]] and made into a film in the 1930s. In the late 1950s, a musical based on the stories, called ''Tevye and his Daughters'', was produced [[off-Broadway]] by [[Arnold Perl]].<ref name=Solomon1>Solomon, Alisa. [http://forward.com/articles/1710/how-efiddlere-became-folklore "How ''Fiddler'' Became Folklore"], ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'', September 1, 2006, accessed January 29, 2015</ref> [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] and then [[Mike Todd]] briefly considered bringing this musical to Broadway but dropped the idea.<ref name=Brustein>Brustein, Robert. "Fiddle Shtick", ''[[The New York Review of Books]]'', December 18, 2014, vol. 61, No. 20, pp. 82–83</ref>

[[File:Image-Chagall Fiddler.jpg|thumb|upright|right|''The Fiddler'' by [[Marc Chagall]], c. 1912]]
Investors and some in the media worried that ''Fiddler on the Roof'' might be considered "too Jewish" to attract mainstream audiences. Other critics considered that it was too culturally sanitized, "[[middlebrow]]" and superficial; [[Philip Roth]], writing in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', called it ''[[shtetl]] kitsch''. For example, it portrays the local Russian officer as sympathetic, instead of brutal and cruel, as Sholom Aleichem had described him. Aleichem's stories ended with Tevye alone, his wife dead and his daughters scattered; at the end of ''Fiddler'', the family members are alive, and most are emigrating together to America.<ref name=Solomon1/><ref name=Brustein/> The show found the right balance for its time, even if not entirely authentic, to become "one of the first popular post-Holocaust depictions of the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry".<ref name=Solomon1/> [[Harold Prince]] replaced the original producer [[Fred Coe]] and brought in director/choreographer [[Jerome Robbins]].<ref>[http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000036 ''Fiddler on the Roof'']. Additional Facts, MTI, accessed May 6, 2010</ref> The writers and Robbins considered naming the musical ''Tevye'', before landing on a title suggested by various paintings by [[Marc Chagall]] (''[[Green Violinist]]'' (1924), ''Le Mort'' (1924), ''The Fiddler'' (1912)) that also inspired the original set design. Contrary to popular belief, the "title of the musical does not refer to any specific painting".<ref>Wecker, Menachem. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/marc-chagall-the-french-painter-who-inspired-the-title-fiddler-on-the-roof/2014/10/23/0230b382-5480-11e4-ba4b-f6333e2c0453_story.html "Marc Chagall: The French painter who inspired the title ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 24, 2014</ref>

During rehearsals, one of the stars, Jewish actor [[Zero Mostel]], feuded with Robbins, whom he held in contempt because Robbins had cooperated with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] and hid his Jewish heritage from the public.<ref name=Brustein/> (Mostel, conversely, was admired for his confrontational testimony before the committee that led to his [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisting]] in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wark |first1=Colin |last2=Galliher |first2=John F. |date=April 23, 2015 |title=Progressive Lawyers under Siege: Moral Panic during the McCarthy Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5zlCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |location=Lanham, Maryland |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |page=16 |isbn=978-0-7391-9560-4 }}</ref>) Other cast members also had run-ins with Robbins, who reportedly "abused the cast, drove the designers crazy [and] strained the good nature of Hal Prince".<ref name=Brustein/>

==Synopsis==

===Act I===
Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman with five daughters, explains the customs of the Jews in the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] [[shtetl]] of Anatevka in 1905, where their lives are as precarious as the perch of a fiddler on a roof ("[[Tradition (song)|Tradition]]"). At Tevye's home, everyone is busy preparing for the [[Shabbat|Sabbath]] meal. His sharp-tongued wife, Golde, orders their daughters, Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze and Bielke, about their tasks. Yente, the village [[Shidduch|matchmaker]], arrives to tell Golde that Lazar Wolf, the wealthy butcher, a widower older than Tevye, wants to wed Tzeitel, the eldest daughter. The next two daughters, Hodel and Chava, are excited about Yente's visit, but Tzeitel illustrates how it could have bad results ("[[Matchmaker, Matchmaker]]"). A girl from a poor family must take whatever husband Yente brings, but Tzeitel wants to marry her childhood friend, Motel the tailor.

Tevye is delivering milk, pulling the cart himself, as his horse is lame. He asks God: Whom would it hurt "[[If I Were a Rich Man (song)|If I Were a Rich Man]]"?  The bookseller tells Tevye news from the outside world of [[pogroms]] and expulsions. A stranger, Perchik, hears their conversation and scolds them for doing nothing more than talk. The men dismiss Perchik as a radical, but Tevye invites him home for the Sabbath meal and offers him food and a room in exchange for tutoring his two youngest daughters. Golde tells Tevye to meet Lazar after the Sabbath but does not tell him why, knowing that Tevye does not like Lazar. Worried that Yente will find her a husband soon, Tzeitel tells Motel to ask Tevye for her hand before the Sabbath dinner. Motel resists, as he fears Tevye's temper, and tradition says that a matchmaker must arrange marriages. Motel is also very poor and is saving up to buy a sewing machine before he approaches Tevye, to show that he can support a wife. The family gathers for the "Sabbath Prayer".

After the Sabbath, Tevye meets Lazar for a drink at the village inn, assuming mistakenly that Lazar wants to buy his cow. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, Tevye agrees to let Lazar marry Tzeitel – with a rich butcher, his daughter will never want for anything. All join in the celebration of Lazar's good fortune; even the Russian youths at the inn join in the celebration and show off their dancing skills ("[[To Life (song)|To Life]]"). Outside the inn, Tevye happens upon the Russian Constable, who has jurisdiction over the Jews in the town. The Constable warns him that there is going to be a "little unofficial demonstration" in the coming weeks (a [[euphemism]] for a minor [[pogrom]]). The Constable has sympathy for the Jewish community but is powerless to prevent the violence.

The next morning, after Perchik's lessons with the younger sisters, Tevye's second daughter Hodel mocks Perchik's Marxist interpretation of a Bible story. He, in turn, criticizes her for hanging on to the old traditions of Judaism, noting that the world is changing. To illustrate this, he dances with her, defying the prohibition against opposite sexes dancing together. The two begin to fall in love. Later, a [[Hangover|hungover]] Tevye announces that he has agreed that Tzeitel will marry Lazar Wolf. Golde is overjoyed, but Tzeitel is devastated and begs Tevye not to force her. Motel arrives and tells Tevye that he is the perfect match for Tzeitel and that he and Tzeitel gave each other a pledge to marry. He promises that Tzeitel will not starve as his wife. Tevye is stunned and outraged at this breach of tradition, but impressed at the timid tailor's display of backbone. After some soul-searching ("Tevye's Monologue"), Tevye agrees to let them marry, but he worries about how to break the news to Golde. An overjoyed Motel celebrates with Tzeitel ("Miracle of Miracles").

In bed with Golde, Tevye pretends to be waking from a nightmare. Golde offers to interpret his dream, and Tevye "describes" it ("Tevye's Dream"). Golde's grandmother Tzeitel returns from the grave to bless the marriage of her namesake, but to Motel, not to Lazar Wolf. Lazar's formidable late wife, Fruma-Sarah ("[[frum]]" is a Yiddish word for a devout Jew), rises from her grave to warn, in graphic terms, of severe retribution if Tzeitel marries Lazar. The superstitious Golde is terrified, and she quickly counsels that Tzeitel must marry Motel. While returning from town, Tevye's third daughter, the bookish Chava, is teased and intimidated by some gentile youths. One, Fyedka, protects her, dismissing the others. He offers Chava the loan of a book, and a secret relationship begins.

The wedding day of Tzeitel and Motel arrives, and all the Jews join the ceremony ("[[Sunrise, Sunset]]") and the celebration ("The Wedding Dance"). Lazar gives a fine gift, but an argument arises with Tevye over the broken agreement. Perchik ends the tiff by breaking another tradition: he crosses the barrier between the men and women to dance with Tevye's daughter Hodel. The celebration ends abruptly when a group of Russians rides into the village to perform the "demonstration".  They disrupt the party, damaging the wedding gifts and wounding Perchik, who attempts to fight back, and wreak more destruction in the village. Tevye instructs his family to clean up the mess.

===Act II===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 17388 Fiddler on the Roof in Netanya.JPG|thumb|right|''Fiddler On the Roof'' by Lev Segal in [[Netanya]], Israel]]
Months later, Perchik tells Hodel he must return to Kyiv to work for the [[1905 Russian Revolution|revolution]]. He proposes marriage, admitting that he loves her, and says that he will send for her. She agrees ("Now I Have Everything"). They tell Tevye that they are engaged, and he is appalled that they are flouting tradition by making their own match, especially as Perchik is leaving. When he forbids the marriage, Perchik and Hodel inform him that they do not seek his permission, only his blessing. After more soul searching, Tevye relents – the world is changing, and he must change with it ("Tevye's Rebuttal"). He informs the young couple that he gives them his blessing ''and'' his permission.

Tevye explains these events to an astonished Golde. "Love", he says, "it's the new style." Tevye asks Golde, despite their own arranged marriage, "[[Do You Love Me? (Fiddler on the Roof)|Do You Love Me?]]" After dismissing Tevye's question as foolish, she eventually admits that, after 25 years of living and struggling together and raising five daughters, she does. Meanwhile, Yente tells Tzeitel that she saw Chava with Fyedka.  News spreads quickly in Anatevka that Perchik has been arrested and [[Katorga|exiled to Siberia]] ("The Rumor/I Just Heard"), and Hodel is determined to join him there. At the railway station, she explains to her father that her home is with her beloved, wherever he may be, although she will always love her family ("Far From the Home I Love").

Time passes. Motel has purchased a used sewing machine, and he and Tzeitel have had a baby. Chava finally gathers the courage to ask Tevye to allow her marriage to Fyedka. Again Tevye reaches deep into his soul, but [[Apostasy in Judaism|marriage outside the Jewish faith]] is a line he will not cross. He forbids Chava to speak to Fyedka again. When Golde brings news that Chava has [[eloped]] with Fyedka, Tevye wonders where he went wrong ("Chavaleh Sequence"). Chava returns and tries to reason with him, but he refuses to speak to her and tells the rest of the family to consider her dead. Meanwhile, rumors are spreading of the Russians expelling Jews from their villages. While the villagers are gathered, the Constable arrives to tell everyone that they have three days to pack up and leave the town. In shock, they reminisce about "Anatevka" and how hard it will be to leave what has been their home for so long.

As the Jews leave Anatevka, Chava and Fyedka stop to tell her family that they are also leaving for [[Kraków]], unwilling to remain among the people who could do such things to others. Tevye still will not talk to her, but when Tzeitel says goodbye to Chava, Tevye prompts her to add "God be with you."  Motel and Tzeitel go to Poland as well but will join the rest of the family when they have saved up enough money. As Tevye, Golde and their two youngest daughters leave the village for America, the fiddler begins to play. Tevye beckons with a nod, and the fiddler follows them out of the village.

==Musical numbers==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Act I
* "Prologue: [[Tradition (song)|Tradition]]" – Tevye and Company
* "[[Matchmaker, Matchmaker]]" – Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava
* "[[If I Were a Rich Man (song)|If I Were a Rich Man]]" – Tevye
* "Sabbath Prayer" – Tevye, Golde, Company
* "[[To Life (song)|To Life]]" – Tevye, Lazar Wolf, Russian soloist and Men
* "Tevye's Monologue" – Tevye
* "Miracle of Miracles" – Motel
* "Tevye's Dream" – Tevye, Golde, Grandma Tzeitel, Rabbi, Fruma-Sarah and Company
* "[[Sunrise, Sunset]]" – Tevye, Golde, Perchik, Hodel and Company
* "The Bottle Dance" – Instrumental
{{col-break}}

; Act II
* "Entr'acte" – Orchestra
* "Now I Have Everything" – Perchik and Hodel
* "Tevye's Rebuttal" – Tevye
* "[[Do You Love Me? (Fiddler on the Roof)|Do You Love Me?]]" – Tevye and Golde
* "The Rumor/I Just Heard" – Yente and Villagers{{efn|The 2004 revival featured a song for Yente and some women of the village (Rivka and Mirala) titled "Topsy Turvy", discussing the disappearing role of the [[Matchmaking|matchmaker]] in society. The number replaced "The Rumor/I Just Heard".}}
* "Far From the Home I Love" – Hodel
* "Chavaleh (Little Bird)" – Tevye
* "Anatevka" – The Company
{{col-end}}
{{notelist}}

==Principal characters==
All of the characters are Jewish, except as noted:<ref>Bloom and Vlastnik, p. 98</ref><ref>[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_f/fiddler_on_the_roof.htm ''Fiddler on the Roof''], The Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed April 29, 2018</ref>
* [[Tevye]], a poor milkman with five daughters. A firm supporter of the traditions of his faith, he finds many of his convictions tested by the actions of his three oldest daughters.
* Golde, Tevye's sharp-tongued wife. 
*Tzeitel, their oldest daughter, about nineteen. She loves her childhood friend Motel and marries him, even though he's poor, begging her father not to force her to marry Lazar Wolf.
*Hodel, their daughter, about seventeen. Intelligent and spirited, she falls in love with Perchik and later joins him in Siberia.
*Chava, their daughter, about fifteen. A shy and bookish girl, who falls in love with Fyedka.
* Motel Kamzoil, a poor but hardworking tailor who loves, and later marries, Tzeitel.
* Perchik, a student revolutionary who comes to Anatevka and falls in love with Hodel. He leaves for Kyiv, is arrested and exiled to Siberia. 
* Fyedka, a young Christian. He shares Chava's passion for reading and is outraged by the Russians' treatment of the Jews. 
* Lazar Wolf, the wealthy village butcher. Widower of Fruma-Sarah. Attempts to arrange a marriage for himself to Tzeitel.
* Yente, the gossipy village matchmaker who matches Tzeitel and Lazar.
* Grandma Tzeitel, Golde's dead grandmother, who rises from the grave in Tevye's "nightmare".
* Fruma-Sarah, Lazar Wolf's dead wife, who also rises from the grave in the "nightmare".
* Rabbi, the wise village leader.
* Constable, the head of the local Russian police, a Christian.
<!-- Only PRINCIPAL characters with songs or major speaking roles go in this list.  Please do NOT list chorus and minor roles here, such as Avram, the Rabbi's son, the Fiddler, etc. -->

==Casts==
<!-- Please add only Broadway and West End revivals to the table -->
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Role
! Broadway (1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006051 |website=[[Playbill]] |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! West End (1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1967 West End Recording |url=http://ovrtur.com/recording/178947112 |website=Overtur}}</ref>
! 1976 Broadway Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1976 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-winter-garden-theatre-vault-0000011538 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 1981 Broadway Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1981 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-new-york-state-theatre-vault-0000012977 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 1983 West End Revival<ref name=WE1983/>
! 1990 Broadway Revival<ref name="WE1983"/>
! 1994 West End Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1994 London Recording |url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2891004/credits |website=Overtur |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 2004 Broadway Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 2004 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-minskoff-theatre-vault-0000002329 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 2007 West End Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 2007 London Recording |url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2897726/credits |website=Overtur |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 2015 Broadway Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 2015 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-broadway-theatre-vault-0000014089 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
! 2019 West End Revival<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof London Cast |url=https://fiddlerwestend.com/cast-creative/ |website=Fiddler West End |access-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203010643/https://fiddlerwestend.com/cast-creative/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! Tevye
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Zero Mostel]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Chaim Topol]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Zero Mostel]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Herschel Bernardi]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3" | [[Chaim Topol]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Alfred Molina]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Henry Goodman]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Danny Burstein]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Andy Nyman]]
|-
! Golde
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maria Karnilova]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Miriam Karlin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Thelma Lee
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maria Karnilova]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Thelma Ruby]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Marcia Lewis]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Sara Kestelman]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Randy Graff]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Beverley Klein
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jessica Hecht]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Judy Kuhn]]
|-
! Tzeitel
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Joanna Merlin]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Rosemary Nicols]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Elizabeth Hale
| style="text-align:center;" | Lori Ada Jaroslow
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jane Gurnett]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Sharon Lawrence]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Jacquelyn Yorke
| style="text-align:center;" | Sally Murphy
| style="text-align:center;" | Frances Thoburn
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Alexandra Silber]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Molly Osborne
|-
! Hodel
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Julia Migenes]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Linda Gardner
| style="text-align:center;" | Christopher Callan
| style="text-align:center;" | Donalyn Petrucci
| style="text-align:center;" | Andrea Levine
| style="text-align:center;" | Tia Riebling
| style="text-align:center;" | Jo John
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Laura Michelle Kelly]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Alexandra Silber]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Samantha Massell]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Harriet Bunton
|-
! Chava
| style="text-align:center;" | Tanya Evertt
| style="text-align:center;" | Caryl Little
| style="text-align:center;" | Nancy Tomkins
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Liz Larsen]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Lisa Jacobs (actress)|Lisa Jacobs]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Jennifer Prescott
| style="text-align:center;" | Adi Topol-Margalith
| style="text-align:center;" | Tricia Paoluccio
| style="text-align:center;" | Natasha Broomfield
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Melanie Moore]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Nicola Brown
|-
! Motel Kamzoil
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Austin Pendleton]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jonathan Lynn]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Irwin Pearl
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Michelan Sisti]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Peter Whitman
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jack Kenny]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Neil Rutherford
| style="text-align:center;" | [[John Cariani]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Gareth Kennerley
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Adam Kantor]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Joshua Gannon
|-
! Perchik
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Bert Convy]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Sandor Elès]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Jeff Keller]]
| style="text-align:center;" | James Werner
| style="text-align:center;" | Steven Mann
| style="text-align:center;" | Gary Schwartz
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Peter Darling]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Robert Petkoff]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Damian Humbley]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Ben Rappaport]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Stewart Clarke
|-
! Fyedka
| style="text-align:center;" | Joe Ponazecki
| style="text-align:center;" | Tim Goodman
| style="text-align:center;" | Rick Friesen
| style="text-align:center;" | Joel Robertson
| style="text-align:center;" | Christopher Snell
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Ron Bohmer]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Kieran Creggan
| style="text-align:center;" | David Ayers
| style="text-align:center;" | Michael Conway
| style="text-align:center;" | Nick Rehberger
| style="text-align:center;" | Matthew Hawksley
|-
! Lazar Wolf
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Michael Granger]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Paul Whitsun-Jones]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | [[Paul Lipson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[David Jackson (actor)|David Jackson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Mark Zeller
| style="text-align:center;" | [[David Bacon (actor)|David Bacon]]
| style="text-align:center;" | David Wohl
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Victor McGuire]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Adam Dannheisser
| style="text-align:center;" | Dermot Canavan
|-
! Yente
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beatrice Arthur]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Cynthia Grenville
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Ruth Jaroslow
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Maria Charles]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Ruth Jaroslow
| style="text-align:center;" | Margaret Robertson
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Nancy Opel]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Julie Legrand]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Alix Korey
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Louise Gold]]
|}

=== Notable replacements ===
;Broadway (1964–72)
*'''Tevye:''' [[Luther Adler]], [[Herschel Bernardi]], [[Harry Goz]], [[Paul Lipson]]
*'''Golde:''' [[Peg Murray]], [[Martha Schlamme]], [[Dolores Wilson]]
*'''Tzeitel:''' [[Rosalind Harris]], [[Bette Midler]]
*'''Hodel:''' [[Adrienne Barbeau]], [[Susan Hufford]]
*'''Perchik:''' [[Leonard Frey]], [[Michael Zaslow]]
*'''Lazar Wolf:''' [[Paul Lipson]]
*'''Yente:''' [[Florence Stanley]]

;Broadway revival (1990–91)
*'''Perchik:''' [[Brad Little (actor)|Brad Little]]

;Broadway revival (2004–06)
*'''Tevye:''' [[Harvey Fierstein]]
*'''Golde:''' [[Andrea Martin]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]]
*'''Yente:''' [[Barbara Barrie]]

;Broadway revival (2015–16)
*'''Golde:''' [[Judy Kuhn]]

==Productions==

===Original productions===
[[File:Zero Mostel - Fiddler.JPG|right|upright|thumb|[[Zero Mostel]] as [[Tevye]] in the original Broadway production, 1964]]
Following its tryout at Detroit's [[Fisher Building#Fisher Theatre|Fisher Theatre]] in July and August 1964,<ref>[http://www.broadwayindetroit.com/engine.cfm?i=80 "Show Archive"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132856/http://www.broadwayindetroit.com/engine.cfm?i=80 |date=January 16, 2014}}, Broadway in Detroit, accessed January 15, 2014</ref> then Washington in August to September,<ref name=Henneberger>Henneberger, Melinda. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/50th-anniversary-of-fiddler-on-the-roof-reunites-tevyes-many-daughters/2014/06/12/cd909860-f122-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html "50th anniversary of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' reunites Tevye's many daughters"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', June 14, 2014</ref> the original Broadway production opened on September 22, 1964, at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]], transferred in 1967 to the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] and in 1970 to [[the Broadway Theatre]], and ran for a record-setting total of 3,242 performances.<ref name=Hernandez>Hernandez, Ernio. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84588.html "''Fiddler on the Roof'' – 1964"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603205640/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/84588.html |date=June 3, 2004}}, ''Playbill'', February 26, 2004, accessed June 17, 2015</ref> The production was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins – his last original Broadway staging.<ref>He staged [[Jerome Robbins' Broadway]], a "greatest hits" collection of some of his most famous stagings, at the Imperial Theatre on February 26, 1989, which ran for 633 performances.</ref> The set, designed in the style of [[Marc Chagall]]'s paintings, was by [[Boris Aronson]].<ref>Rich, p. 172</ref> A colorful logo for the production, also inspired by Chagall's work, was designed by [[Tom Morrow (artist)|Tom Morrow]]. Chagall reportedly did not like the musical.<ref name=Brustein/>

The cast included [[Zero Mostel]] as Tevye the milkman, [[Maria Karnilova]] as his wife Golde (both won a Tony for their performances), [[Beatrice Arthur]] as Yente the [[Shidduch|matchmaker]], [[Austin Pendleton]] as Motel, [[Bert Convy]] as Perchik the student revolutionary, [[Gino Conforti]] as the fiddler, and [[Julia Migenes]] as Hodel. Mostel [[ad-lib]]bed increasingly as the run went on, "which drove the authors up the wall".<ref name=Hernandez/> [[Joanna Merlin]] originated the role of Tzeitel, which was later assumed by [[Bette Midler]] during the original run. Carol Sawyer was Fruma Sarah, [[Adrienne Barbeau]] took a turn as Hodel, and [[Pia Zadora]] played the youngest daughter, Bielke. Both [[Peg Murray]] and [[Dolores Wilson]] made extended appearances as Golde, while other stage actors who have played Tevye include [[Herschel Bernardi]], [[Theodore Bikel]] and [[Harry Goz]] (in the original Broadway run), and [[Leonard Nimoy]]. Mostel's understudy in the original production, [[Paul Lipson]], went on to appear as Tevye in more performances than any other actor (until [[Chaim Topol]]), clocking over 2,000 performances in the role in the original run and several revivals.<ref name="Lipson obit">Gussow, Mel. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E0DB1239F936A35752C0A960958260 "Paul Lipson, 82, Who Appeared As Tevye Over 2,000 Times"]. ''The New York Times'', January 5, 1996, accessed October 19, 2015</ref> [[Florence Stanley]] took over the role of Yente nine months into the run.<ref>[http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/82003/Florence-Stanley "Florence Stanley"], PlaybillValult.com, accessed July 29, 2015</ref> The production earned $1,574 for every dollar invested in it.<ref>Kantor, p. 302: "The 1960s was the decade that nurtured long-running blockbusters in unprecedented quantities: ten musicals passed the rarefied 1,000 performance mark, three of them passed the 2,000 mark (''Hello, Dolly!'', a Merrick smash, grossed $27 million on Broadway), and one, ''Fiddler on the Roof'', passed the 3,000 mark, earning back $1,574 for every dollar put into it."</ref> It was nominated for ten [[Tony Award]]s, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, book, direction and choreography, and acting awards for Mostel and Karnilova.<ref name=Hernandez/>

The original London [[West End theatre|West End]] production opened on February 16, 1967, at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] and played for 2,030 performances.<ref>[http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_f/fiddler_on_the_roof.htm ''Fiddler On The Roof''], Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed July 24, 2016.</ref> It starred Topol as Tevye, a role he had previously played in Tel Aviv, and [[Miriam Karlin]] as Golde. [[Alfie Bass]], [[Lex Goudsmit]] and Barry Martin eventually took over as Tevye.<ref>[http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/fiddlerontheroof.html#1967 Replacements 1967], Thisistheatre.com, accessed May 25, 2020</ref> Topol later played Tevye in the 1971 film adaptation, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and in several revivals over the next four decades.<ref>Heller, Aron. [http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/1.652691 "Iconic Israeli Actor Chaim Topol Reflects Upon His Long Career"], ''Haaretz'', April 21, 2015, accessed August 4, 2016; and Propst, Andy. [http://www.theatermania.com/touring-productions/news/11-2009/harvey-fierstein-replaces-topol-in-fiddler-on-the_22808.html "Harvey Fierstein Replaces Topol in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Tour"], TheaterMania.com, November 11, 2009, accessed July 24, 2016</ref> The show was revived in London for short seasons in 1983 at the [[Apollo Victoria Theatre]]<ref name=WE1983>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1990 Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof-george-gershwin-theatre-vault-0000011040 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> and in 1994 at the [[London Palladium]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiddler on the Roof 1994 London Recording |url=http://ovrtur.com/production/2891004/credits |website=Overtur |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name=WE1994>[http://homepage.mac.com/kierancreggan/Productions-Theatre/fiddlerontherooa.html Information on the 1994 production] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014113603/http://homepage.mac.com/kierancreggan/Productions-Theatre/fiddlerontherooa.html |date=October 14, 2007}}</ref>

===Broadway revivals===
The first Broadway revival opened on December 28, 1976, and ran for 176 performances at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]]. [[Zero Mostel]] starred as Tevye. Robbins directed and choreographed. Another Broadway revival opened on July 9, 1981, and played for a limited run (53 performances) at [[Lincoln Center]]'s [[David H. Koch Theater|New York State Theater]]. It starred [[Herschel Bernardi]] as Tevye and Karnilova as Golde. Other cast members included [[Liz Larsen]], [[Fyvush Finkel]], [[Lawrence Leritz]] and [[Paul Lipson]]. Robbins directed and choreographed. A Broadway revival opened on November 18, 1990, and ran for 241 performances at the [[George Gershwin Theatre]]. Topol starred as Tevye, and [[Marcia Lewis]] was Golde. Robbins' production was reproduced by Ruth Mitchell and choreographer Sammy Dallas Bayes. The production won the Tony Award for Best Revival.

Another Broadway revival opened on February 26, 2004, and ran for 36 previews and 781 performances at the [[Minskoff Theatre]]. [[Alfred Molina]], and later [[Harvey Fierstein]], starred as Tevye, and [[Randy Graff]], and later [[Andrea Martin]] and [[Rosie O'Donnell]], was Golde. [[Barbara Barrie]] and later [[Nancy Opel]] played Yente, [[Laura Michelle Kelly]] played Hodel and [[Lea Michele]] played Sprintze.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13483 ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (2004)], IBDB database, accessed July 22, 2012</ref>  It was directed by [[David Leveaux]]. This production replaced Yente's song "The Rumor" with a song for Yente and two other women called "Topsy-Turvy".  The production was nominated for six Tonys but did not win any. In June 2014, to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary, a gala celebration and reunion was held at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|the Town Hall]] in New York City to benefit [[National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene]], with appearances by many of the cast members of the various Broadway productions and the 1971 film, as well as Sheldon Harnick, [[Chita Rivera]], [[Karen Ziemba]], [[Joshua Bell]], [[Jerry Zaks]] and others.<ref name=Henneberger/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Palmer|first=Joanne|title=Feting 'Fiddler'|url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/feting-fiddler/|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=[[Jewish Standard]]|date=May 16, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=June 2, 2014|title=Chita Rivera, Karen Ziemba and More Join ''Fiddler on the Roof'' at Town Hall|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/chita-rivera-karen-ziemba-and-more-join-fiddler-on-the-roof-at-town-hall-com-219034|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=Playbill}}</ref>

The Broadway revival began previews on November 20 and opened on December 20, 2015, at the [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], with concept and choreography based on the original by Robbins. [[Bartlett Sher]] directed, and [[Hofesh Shechter]] choreographed. The cast starred [[Danny Burstein]] as Tevye, with [[Jessica Hecht]] as Golde, [[Alexandra Silber]] as Tzeitel, [[Adam Kantor]] as Motel, [[Ben Rappaport]] as Perchik, [[Samantha Massell]] as Hodel and [[Melanie Moore]] as Chava. [[Judy Kuhn]] replaced Hecht as Golde on November 22, 2016, for the last five weeks of the run.<ref>Gans. Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-fiddler-on-the-roof-welcomes-judy-kuhn-tonight "Broadway's ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Welcomes Judy Kuhn Tonight"], ''Playbill'', November 22, 2016</ref> Designers include [[Michael Yeargan]] (sets), [[Catherine Zuber]] (costumes) and [[Donald Holder]] (lighting).<ref>Simoes, Monica. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/to-life-watch-danny-burstein-alexandra-silber-and-company-give-a-spirited-sneak-peek-at-fiddler-on-the-roof-367314 "To Life! Watch Danny Burstein, Alexandra Silber and Company Give a Spirited Sneak Peek at ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], ''Playbill'', October 15, 2015</ref> Initial reviews were mostly positive, finding Burstein and the show touching.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-LChaim-Danny-Burstein-Leads-FIDDLER-ON-THE-ROOF-Revival--Updating-Live-20151220 "Review Roundup: L'Chaim! Danny Burstein Leads ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Revival"], ''broadwayworld.com'', December 20, 2015</ref> The production was nominated for three Tony Awards but won none. It closed on December 31, 2016, after 463 performances.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/fiddler-on-the-roof-ends-broadway-run-december-31# "''Fiddler on the Roof'' Ends Broadway Run December 31"], ''Playbill'', December 31, 2016</ref> The U.S./Canadian tour of the Sher-directed production began in 2018{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} and was interrupted in March 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic; it resumed in 2021<ref>Moynihan, Caitlin. [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201182/fiddler-on-the-roof-national-tour-starring-yehezkel-lazarov-will-resume-in-october "''Fiddler on the Roof'' National Tour, Starring Yehezkel Lazarov, Will Resume in October"], Broadway.com, August 31, 2021</ref> and continued into 2023. The role of Tevye has been played by Yehezkel Lazarov into 2022, Danny Arnold then assumed the role for several months, and the last months are being played by Jonathan Hashmonay.<ref>Moynihan, Caitlin. [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202587/jonathan-hashmonay-maite-uzal-more-set-for-fiddler-on-the-roof-national-tour "Jonathan Hashmonay, Maite Uzal & More Set for ''Fiddler on the Roof'' National Tour"], Broadway.com, September 1, 2022</ref>

===London revivals===
''Fiddler'' was first revived in London in 1983 at the [[Apollo Victoria Theatre]] (a four-month season starring Topol)<ref name=WE1983/> and again in 1994 at the [[London Palladium]] for two months and then on tour, again starring Topol, and directed and choreographed by Sammy Dallas Bayes, recreating the Robbins production.<ref name=WE1994/>

After a two-month tryout at the Crucible Theatre in [[Sheffield]], England, a London revival opened on May 19, 2007, at the [[Savoy Theatre]] starring [[Henry Goodman]] as Tevye, Beverley Klein as Golde, Alexandra Silber as Hodel, Damian Humbley as Perchik and [[Victor McGuire]] as Lazar Wolf. The production was directed by Lindsay Posner. Robbins' choreography was recreated by Sammy Dallas Bayes (who did the same for the 1990 Broadway revival), with additional choreography by Kate Flatt.<ref>[http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/fiddlerontheroof.html Information about the 2007 London production of ''Fiddler on the Roof'']</ref>

A revival played at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory]] from November 23, 2018, until March 9, 2019, directed by [[Trevor Nunn]] and starring [[Andy Nyman]] as Tevye and [[Judy Kuhn]] as Golde.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/londons-chocolate-factory-to-revive-fiddler-on-the-roof|title=London's Chocolate Factory to Revive Fiddler on the Roof |website=Playbill|access-date=August 17, 2018|date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> The production transferred to the [[Playhouse Theatre]] in the West End on March 21, 2019, with an official opening on March 27.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-west-ends-new-fiddler-on-the-roof-starring-judy-kuhn-and-andy-nyman "Read Reviews for West End's New ''Fiddler on the Roof'', Starring Judy Kuhn and Andy Nyman"], ''Playbill'', March 28, 2019</ref> It was nominated for eight [[Laurence Olivier Awards]], winning [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard - Theatre's Biggest Night|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/olivier-awards-2020/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref> Replacement players included [[Maria Friedman]] as Golde and [[Anita Dobson]] as Yente. The run closed on November 2, 2019.<ref>Culwell-Block, Logan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/maria-friedman-to-join-london-fiddler-on-the-roof-revival-as-golde# "Maria Friedman to Join London ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Revival as Golde"], ''Playbill'', May 3, 2019</ref><ref>Daniels, Nocholas. [https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/fiddler-on-the-roof-extends-its-west-end-run-at-the-playhouse-theatre "''Fiddler on the Roof'' extends its West End run at the Playhouse Theatre"], Londontheatredirect.com, June 28, 2019</ref>

A revival played at the [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] from July 27 to September 28, 2024, directed by Jordan Fein, starring Adam Dannheisser as Tevye, [[Lara Pulver]] as Golde, Liv Andrusier as Tzeitel, Georgia Bruce as Hodel, Hannah Bristow as Chava, Beverley Klein as Yente, Dan Wolff as Motel and Daniel Krikler as Perchik.<ref>Culwell-Block, Logan. [https://playbill.com/article/beetlejuices-adam-dannheisser-to-lead-london-fiddler-on-the-roof "''Beetlejuice's'' Adam Dannheisser to Lead London ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], ''Playbill'', June 17, 2024</ref><ref>[https://openairtheatre.com/production/fiddler-on-the-roof "''Fiddler on the Roof''"], OpenAirTheatre.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024</ref> The production was designed by Tom Scutt and choreographed by Julia Cheng.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Hassan |first=Aliya |title=''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Twelfth Night'' Set for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's Summer Season |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/FIDDLER-ON-THE-ROOF-and-TWELFTH-NIGHT-Set-for-Regents-Park-Open-Air-Theatre-Summer-Season-20240125 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> A review by Mark Lawson in ''The Guardian'' gave it five stars out of five and praised its use of the outdoor setting, its focus on "the tradition of deflective Jewish humour" and an ending that invites "a broader reflection of displacement and refugee status".<ref>Lawson, Mark. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/aug/08/fiddler-on-the-roof-review-regents-park-open-air-theatre-london- "''Fiddler on the Roof'' review – shtetl showstoppers speak to the present"], ''The Guardian'', August 8, 2024</ref> The show was nominated for 13 [[Laurence Olivier Awards]], winning 3, including [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]].<ref name=Wiegand2025>{{Cite news |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=2025-04-06 |title=Olivier awards 2025: ''Giant'', ''Benjamin Button'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof'' triumph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/apr/06/olivier-awards-2025-giant-benjamin-button-and-fiddler-on-the-roof-triumph |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The production is scheduled to transfer to the [[Barbican Centre]] for an 8-week season from 24 May to 19 July 2025 before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=''Fiddler on the Roof'' to transfer to Barbican Theatre and tour |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/fiddler-on-the-roof-to-transfer-to-barbican-theatre-and-tour_1661227/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Other notable UK productions===
A 2003 national tour played for seven months, with a radical design, directed by [[Julian Woolford]] and choreographed by Chris Hocking. The production's minimalist set and costumes were monochromatic, and Fruma-Sarah was represented by a 12-foot puppet. This production was revived in 2008 starring [[Joe McGann]].<ref>[http://www.thisistheatre.com/regional/fiddler-on-the-roof.html ''Fiddler on the Roof''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227002204/http://www.thisistheatre.com/regional/fiddler-on-the-roof.html |date=December 27, 2008}}, Thisistheatre.com, April 27, 2015</ref>

The show toured the UK again in 2013 and 2014 starring [[Paul Michael Glaser]] as Tevye with direction and choreography by [[Craig Revel Horwood]].<ref>[http://www.fiddlerontheroof.co.uk/#tour "''Fiddler on the Roof'' official UK tour page"], Music & Lyrics, accessed December 16, 2014</ref>

A revival played at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] from July 10 to September 2, 2017, directed by [[Daniel Evans (actor)|Daniel Evans]] and starring [[Omid Djalili]] as Tevye and [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] as Golde.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cft.org.uk/archive/fiddler-on-the-roof|title=Fiddler on the Roof|date=August 17, 2018|website=Chichester Festival Theatre|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204061317/https://www.cft.org.uk/archive/fiddler-on-the-roof|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Australian productions===
The original Australian production opened on June 16, 1967, at [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in Sydney. It starred [[Hayes Gordon]] as Tevye and Brigid Lenihan as Golde.<ref>[http://liveperformance.com.au/halloffame/hayesgordon3.html "Hayes Gordon OBE AO 1920-1999"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312133220/http://www.liveperformance.com.au/halloffame/hayesgordon3.html |date=March 12, 2019}}, Live Performance Australia (2007), accessed January 1, 2016</ref> The production ran for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127002714 |title=Contrasts for opening of Australian Opera season |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=58 |issue=17,792 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=June 15, 1984 |access-date=January 25, 2018 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first professional revival tour was staged by the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]] in 1984 with Gordon again playing Tevye. A young [[Anthony Warlow]] played Fyedka.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127004473 |title='Fiddler' received with enthusiasm |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=58 |issue=17,799 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=June 22, 1984 |access-date=January 25, 2018 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In 1998, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Topol recreated his role as Tevye in Australian productions, with seasons in Sydney,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/topols-model-role/2005/08/23/1124562863587.html|title=Topol's Model Role|first=Monica|last=Nye|date=August 24, 2005|access-date=November 26, 2017|work=[[The Age]]}}</ref> Brisbane,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2006/04/07/1611265.htm|title=Fiddler on the Roof|first= Nigel |last=Munro-Wallis|date=April 7, 2006|access-date=November 26, 2017|work=[[ABC Radio Brisbane]]}}</ref> Melbourne,<ref name=list>{{cite web|url= https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/400539|title=Chaim Topol|publisher=AusStage|year=2017|access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref> Perth, Wellington and Auckland.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00206/topol-auckland-has-in-its-midst-a-champion.htm|title= Topol – Auckland Has In Its Midst A Champion|first=Selwyn|last=Manning|date=May 10, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2017|work=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop News]]}}</ref> The musical was again revived in Melbourne and Sydney in 2015–2016 with Anthony Warlow as Tevye, [[Sigrid Thornton]] as Golde and [[Lior]] as Motel.<ref>Bennet, Sally. [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/anthony-warlow-returns-to-australian-stage-for-fiddler-on-the-roof/news-story/8d1e3a826a1a00e2d35cb1e1b4b62e3f "Anthony Warlow returns to Australian stage for ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], ''Herald-Sun'', September 12, 2015</ref>

===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>

===International and amateur productions===
[[File:Šumař na střeše.jpg|thumb|2006 production at the [[Brno City Theatre]] in the Czech Republic]]
The musical was an international hit, with early productions playing throughout Europe, in South America, Africa and Australia; 100 different productions were mounted in the former West Germany in the first three decades after the musical's premiere, and within five years after the collapse of the [[Berlin Wall]], 23 productions were staged in the former East Germany; and it was the longest-running musical ever seen in Tokyo.<ref>Whitfield, pp. 107–108</ref> According to [[BroadwayWorld]], the musical has been staged "in every metropolitan city in the world from Paris to Beijing."<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Yiddish-FIDDLER-ON-THE-ROOF-Releases-New-Block-of-Tickets-Through-January-5-2020-20190515 "Yiddish ''Fiddler on the Roof'' Releases New Block of Tickets Through January 5, 2020"], BroadwayWorld.com, May 15, 2019</ref>

A [[Hebrew language]] staging was produced in [[Tel Aviv]] by the Israeli [[impresario]] [[Giora Godik]] in the 1960s.<ref name="Nahshon">[[Edna Nahshon|Nahshon, Edna]].  [http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1544 "Israeli Theater: The revival of the Hebrew Language"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104045720/http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1544 |date=November 4, 2014}}, ''All About Jewish Theatre'', accessed January 14, 2011</ref> This version was so successful that in 1965 Godik produced a [[Yiddish]] version translated by Shraga Friedman.<ref name="Almagor">Almagor, Dan (translated to English by Jay Shir). "Musical Plays on the Hebrew Stage", ''All About Jewish Theater'', ''Ariel'' 103 (1996), pp. 19–25</ref> A 2008 Hebrew-language production ran at the [[Cameri Theatre]] in Tel Aviv for more than six years. It was directed by Moshe Kepten, choreographed by [[Dennis Courtney]] and starred Natan Datner.<ref>[http://www.cameri.co.il/media/cameri/pdf/Cameri.pdf "Cameri Theatre Repertoire: ''Fiddler on the Roof''"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724204524/http://www.cameri.co.il/media/cameri/pdf/Cameri.pdf |date=July 24, 2015}}, www.cameri.co.il, accessed July 26, 2015</ref><ref>Kae, Helen. [http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/Theater-Review-iFiddler-on-the-Roofi "Theatre Review: Fiddler On The Roof"], ''Jerusalem Post'', 2008, accessed July 26, 2015; Izso, Lauren. [http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/LChaim-Fiddler-on-the-Roof-to-return-to-Broadway-344895 "L'Chaim! ''Fiddler on the Roof'' to return to Broadway"], ''Jerusalem Post'', March 10, 2014, accessed July 26, 2015</ref>

''Un violon sur le toît'' was produced in French at Paris's [[théâtre Marigny]] from November 1969 to May 1970, resuming from September to January 1971 (a total of 292 performances) with [[Ivan Rebroff]] as Tevye and [[Maria Murano]] as Golde. Another adaptation was produced in 2005 at the théâtre Comédia in Paris with Franck Vincent as Tevye and [[Isabelle Ferron]] as Golde.<ref>[http://www.operette-theatremusical.fr/2015/11/26/un-violon-sur-le-toit ''Un violon sur le toît''], Opérette – Théâtre Musical, accessed September 17, 2016 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] produced the musical from April to October 2013 at the Festival Theatre directed and choreographed by Donna Feore. It starred [[Scott Wentworth]] as Tevye.<ref>[http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20167&prodid=46997 "''Fiddler on the Roof'' at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714214803/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=20167&prodid=46997 |date=July 14, 2013}}, accessed August 30, 2013</ref> An Italian version, ''Il violinista sul tetto'', with lyrics sung in Yiddish and the orchestra on stage also serving as chorus, was given a touring production in 2004, with [[Moni Ovadia]] as Tevye and director; it opened at [[Teatro Municipale (Reggio Emilia)|Teatro Municipale Valli]] in [[Reggio Emilia]].<ref>Ovadia, Moni. [http://www.iteatri.re.it/Sezione.jsp?titolo=il-violinista-sul-tetto&idSezione=852 "Teatro Municipale Valli: ''Il violinista sul tetto''"], Fondazione I Teatri, accessed July 4, 2020</ref>

The musical receives about 500 amateur productions a year in the US alone.<ref>Whitfield, p. 107</ref>

== Recordings ==
{{further|Fiddler on the Roof (original Broadway cast recording)|Fiddler on the Roof (London cast recording)}}
Theatre historian [[John Kenrick (theatre writer)|John Kenrick]] wrote that the original Broadway cast album released by [[RCA Victor]] in 1964, "shimmers – an essential recording in any show lover's collection", praising the cast. The remastered CD includes two recordings not on the original album, the bottle dance from the wedding scene and "Rumor" performed by [[Beatrice Arthur]]. In 2020, the recording was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite news |date=March 25, 2020 |title=National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist |url=https://loc.gov/item/prn-20-023/|work=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Kenrick writes that while the original Broadway cast version is the clear first choice among recordings of this musical, he also likes the [[Columbia Records]] studio cast album with Bernardi as Tevye; the film soundtrack, although he feels that the pace drags a bit; and some of the numerous foreign versions, including the Israeli, German and Japanese casts.<ref>[[John Kenrick (theatre writer)|Kenrick, John]]. [http://www.musicals101.com/cdcomps2.htm#Fiddler "Comparative Cast CD Reviews II: ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], Musicals101.com, accessed June 5, 2016</ref>

== 1971 film ==
{{Main|Fiddler on the Roof (film)}}
A film version was released by [[United Artists]] in 1971, directed and produced by [[Norman Jewison]], and Stein adapted his own book for the screenplay. [[Chaim Topol]] starred. The film received mostly positive reviews from film critics<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fiddler_on_the_roof/ ''Fiddler on the Roof (1971)''], Rottentomatoes.com, accessed August 2, 2015</ref> and became [[1971 in film|the highest-grossing film of 1971]].<ref>Tino Balio, ''United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry'', University of Wisconsin Press (1987), p. 194</ref> ''Fiddler'' received eight Oscar nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Jewison, [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] for Topol, and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] for [[Leonard Frey]] (as Motel; in the original Broadway production, Frey was the rabbi's son). It won three, including best score/adaptation for arranger-conductor [[John Williams]].<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners"], Oscars.org, accessed August 27, 2011</ref>

In the film version, the character of Yente is reduced, and Perchik's song to Hodel "Now I Have Everything" is cut and replaced by a scene in Kyiv. The "Chagall color palette" of the original Broadway production was exchanged for a grittier, more realistic depiction of the village of Anatevka.<ref>[[Jan Lisa Huttner|Huttner, Jan Lisa]]. [https://www.juf.org/news/blog.aspx?blogmonth=11&blogyear=2011&blogid=13573 "''Fiddler'': Stage versus Screen"], JUF.org, November 14, 2011, accessed September 7, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=54251 ''Fiddler on the Roof''], AFI.com, accessed September 7, 2015</ref>

==Cultural influence==
[[File:Fiddler on the roof statue Birobidzhan Russia.jpg|right|thumb|Statue of [[Tevye]], his horse, wagon, and passenger in [[Birobidzhan]], Russia]]
The musical's popularity has led to numerous references in popular media and elsewhere.<ref name=Solomon>Solomon, Alisa. [http://forward.com/articles/2422/tevye-today-and-beyond/ "Tevye, Today and Beyond"], Part 2 of 2, ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', September 8, 2006, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> A [[documentary film]] about the musical's history and legacy, ''[[Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles]]'', was released in 2019.<ref>Harvey, Dennis. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-fiddler-miracle-miracles-rev-0904-20190905-va2l4sekebhxdepbjfn6obgryu-story.html "''Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles'' review: Show's universal themes make for engaging documentary"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', September 5, 2019</ref>

===Parodies===
Parodies relating to the show have included ''Antenna on the Roof'' (''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine #156, January 1973), which speculated about the lives of Tevye's descendants living in an assimilated 1970s suburban America.<ref name=Solomon/> In the film ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993), [[Robin Williams]] parodies "Matchmaker".<ref>Willistein, Paul. [https://www.mcall.com/1993/11/25/mrs-doubtfire-offers-williams-at-his-best/ "''Mrs. Doubtfire'' Offers Williams At His Best"], ''The Morning Call'', November 25, 1993, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> In a 1994 ''[[Animaniacs]]'' parody, ''Pigeon on the Roof'', [[the Goodfeathers]] decide to marry their girlfriends; song parodies include "Scorsese" ("Tradition"), "Egg Hatcher" ("Matchmaker") and others.<ref>Arbeiter, M. [https://nerdist.com/article/animaniacs-9-best-episodes "9 of the Best Animaniacs Episodes to Rewatch"], Nerdist.com, January 7, 2018, accessed December 26, 2021</ref> In 2001, the [[H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society]] published a musical theatre and album parody called ''[[A Shoggoth on the Roof]]'', which sets music from ''Fiddler'' to a story based on the works of [[H. P. Lovecraft]].<ref>[http://www.cthulhulives.org/shoggoth ''A Shoggoth on the Roof''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415023717/http://www.cthulhulives.org/shoggoth/ |date=April 15, 2012}}, H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, March 30, 2012</ref> Spanish comedian and TV-host [[José Mota (comedian)|Jose Mota]] parodied "If I Were a Rich Man" with the song "Si no fuera rico" ("If I weren't a rich man") during his 2008 New Year's Eve special.<ref>Monjas, CH. L. (December 30, 2008) {{cite web|url= https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20081230/television/destacados/tras-desaparecer-cruz-raya-20081230.html|title= Tras desaparecer Cruz y Raya hago un trabajo de mayor compromiso social|date= December 30, 2008| publisher=El Diario Montenes| access-date=July 25, 2020}}</ref>

References to the musical on television have included a 2005 episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' titled "Jews and Chinese Food", involving a production of the musical.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/gilmore-girls/jews-and-chinese-food-396577/recap "Episode Recap: ''Gilmore Girls'': 'Jews and Chinese Food'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812235828/http://www.tv.com/shows/gilmore-girls/jews-and-chinese-food-396577/recap/ |date=August 12, 2014}}, TV.com, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> A skit by ''[[The Electric Company]]'' is about a village fiddler with a fear of heights, so he is deemed "Fiddler on the Chair".  In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]" (2003), [[William Shatner]] is depicted as playing Tevye in a scene from ''Fiddler''.<ref>[http://www.sfjff.org/film/detail?id=5876 "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809143107/http://www.sfjff.org/film/detail?id=5876 |date=August 9, 2014}}, ''San Francisco Jewish Film Festival'', 2009, accessed April 3, 2012</ref>  The second episode of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', in 1996, featured [[Garth Brooks]] doing a piece of "If I were a Rich Man" in which he kicks several chickens off the roof.  "The Rosie Show", a 1996 episode of ''[[The Nanny]]'', parodied the dream scene, when Mr. Sheffield fakes a dream to convince Fran not to be a regular on a TV show.  A 2011 episode of NBC's ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'', entitled "Competitive Wine Tasting", included a parody titled ''Fiddla, Please!'' with an all-black cast dressed in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' costumes, singing "It's Hard to Be Jewish in Russia, Yo".<ref>VanDerWerff, Emily Todd. [https://www.avclub.com/community-competitive-wine-tasting-1798167935 "''Community'': 'Competitive Wine Tasting'"], April 14, 2011</ref> [[Chabad.org]] kicked off their 2008 "To Life" telethon with a pastiche of the fiddle solo and bottle dance from the musical.<ref>[http://www.bottledancers.com/2008_chabad_telethon.html "The Amazing Bottle Dancers Kick Off the 2008 Chabad Telethon!"], Bottledancers.com, 2008, accessed October 19, 2015</ref>

Broadway references have included ''[[Spamalot]]'', where a "Grail dance" sends up the "bottle dance" in ''Fiddler''{{'}}s wedding scene.<ref>Demers, Ben. [http://dctheatrescene.com/2012/03/15/monty-pythons-spamalot "''Monty Python's Spamalot''"], DCTheatreScene.com, March 15, 2012</ref> In 2001, Chicago's Improv Olympic produced a well-received parody, "The Roof Is on Fiddler", that used most of the original book of the musical but replaced the songs with 1980s pop songs.<ref>Jones, Chris. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/06/28/parody-hits-the-roof/ "Parody hits the ''Roof''"], ''Chicago Tribune'', June 28, 2001, accessed January 25, 2012</ref> In 2004 the original Broadway cast of the musical ''[[Avenue Q]]'' and the Broadway 2004 revival cast of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' collaborated for a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit and produced an approximately 10-minute-long show, "Avenue Jew", that incorporated characters from both shows, including puppets. The song "Sunrise, Sunset" appears in the direct-to-video animated Disney film "[[The Lion King 1½]]".{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

===Covers===
Songs from the musical have been covered by notable artists. For example, in 1964, jazz saxophonist [[Cannonball Adderley]] recorded the album ''[[Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', which featured jazz arrangements of eight songs from the musical. In a retrospective review ''[[AllMusic]]'' awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Cannonball plays near his peak; this is certainly the finest album by this particular sextet".<ref>Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r641146|pure_url=yes}} "Cannonball Adderley's ''Fiddler on the Roof''"], Allmusic, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> That same year, [[Eydie Gormé]] released a single of "Matchmaker",<ref>Sobel, Robert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8CgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18 "For Eydie and Steve, It's Fun and Songs – Marriage Style"], ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', October 15, 1966, p. 18, accessed October 28, 2016</ref> and jazz guitarist [[Wes Montgomery]] recorded the same tune for his album ''[[Movin' Wes]]''.<ref>''[https://www.allmusic.com/album/movin-wes-mw0000649660 Movin' Wes]'', Allmusic, accessed July 30, 2020</ref>

In 1999, [[Knitting Factory|Knitting Factory Records]] released ''Knitting on the Roof'', a compilation CD featuring covers of ''Fiddler'' songs by indie and experimental bands such as [[the Residents]], [[Negativland]], and [[the Magnetic Fields]].<ref>Kim, Wook. [http://www.ew.com/article/2000/01/07/knitting-roof "Music Review: ''Knitting on the Roof''"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', January 7, 2000, accessed March 30, 2012</ref><ref>Layne, Joslyn. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/knitting-on-the-roof-r443780 "Review: ''Knitting on the Roof''"], Allmusic, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> [[Indie rock]] band [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]] recorded an adaptation of "Sunrise, Sunset" on their 2000 album ''[[Fevers and Mirrors]]''.  ''Allmusic'' gave the album a favorable review,<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r480663|pure_url=yes}} ''Fevers and Mirrors''], Allmusic, accessed March 30, 2012</ref> and the online music magazine ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' ranked it at number 170 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/4/ "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151"], [[Pitchfork Media]], September 28, 2009, accessed March 30, 2012</ref>  In 2005, Melbourne [[punk rock|punk]] band [[Yidcore]] released a reworking of the entire show called ''[[Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on ya Roof|Fiddling on Ya Roof]]''.<ref>Shand, John. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/yidcore-eighth-day-slicefiddlin-on-ya-roof/2005/10/20/1129775889450.html "Yidcore: Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin' on Ya Roof"], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', October 20, 2005, accessed March 30, 2012</ref>

[[Gwen Stefani]] and [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] covered "If I Were a Rich Man" as "[[Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)|Rich Girl]]" for Stefani's 2004 debut solo album ''[[Love. Angel. Music. Baby.]]'' in 2004.  The song was inspired by the 1993 British [[Louchie Lou & Michie One]] [[ragga]] version of the same name.<ref>Ives, Brian and C. Bottomley. [http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1495320/20050105/stefani_gwen.jhtml"Gwen Stefani: The Solo Express"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507003406/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1495320/20050105/stefani_gwen.jhtml |date=May 7, 2007}}, [[VH1]], [[MTV Networks]], January 5, 2005, accessed May 22, 2007</ref> Stefani's version reached #7 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, where it remained for over six months.<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gwen stefani|chart=all}} |title=Rich Girl – Gwen Stefani |magazine=Billboard |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> It was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143423/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Rich+Girl%22 "Gold & Platinum"], [[Recording Industry Association of America]], March 29, 2005, accessed</ref> and nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration]].<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-grammys-winners0209,0,2679275.htmlstory "Complete list of 2006 Grammy winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906051651/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-grammys-winners0209,0,2679275.htmlstory |date=September 6, 2014}}, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', [[Tribune Company]], February 9, 2006, accessed March 14, 2007</ref>  It was also covered in 2008 and 2009 by the [[Capitol Steps]], poking fun at Illinois politics, especially then-Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]].<ref>Lariviere, John. [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sfla/sfla228.html "The Capitol Steps"], Talkin' Broadway, accessed March 30, 2012</ref>  The [[Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps]] performs the "Bottle Dance" from ''Fiddler'' as a "recurring trademark", including at the [[Drum Corps International World Class Champions|Drum Corps International World Championships]].<ref>Boo, Michael. [http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=6947d237-f5cc-4b43-8d38-658061892a58 "''Fanfare'': Five great DCI color guard moments"], Drum Corps International News, April 6, 2011, accessed March 30, 2012</ref>

===Other===
The song "[[Sunrise, Sunset]]" is often played at weddings,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=Oct 6, 2011 |title='Sunrise, Sunset' gets gay lyric - Dallas Voice |url=https://dallasvoice.com/sunrise-sunset-gay-lyric-honor-same-sex-marriage-1091424.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818113039/https://www.dallasvoice.com/sunrise-sunset-gay-lyric-honor-same-sex-marriage-1091424.html |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |access-date=2023-08-24}}</ref> and in 2011 [[Sheldon Harnick]] wrote two versions of the song, suitable for same-sex weddings, with minor word changes. For example, for male couples, changes include "When did they grow to be so handsome?".<ref name=":0" />

In 2015 a displaced persons camp southwest of Kyiv named [[Anatevka (village)|Anatevka]] was built by Chabad Rabbi [[Moshe Azman]] to house the Jews fleeing the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>[[Simona Weinglass|Weinglass, Simona]]. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/inside-anatevka-the-curious-chabad-hamlet-in-ukraine-where-giuliani-is-mayor "Inside Anatevka, the curious Chabad hamlet in Ukraine where Giuliani is 'mayor'"], ''[[Times of Israel]]'', January 31, 2020</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Liphshiz |first1=Cnaan |title='Fiddler on The Roof' Shtetl To Become Real-Life Refuge For Ukraine's Jews |url=https://forward.com/culture/312338/ukrainian-jewish-refugees-can-now-escape-to-anatevka/ |website=Forward |date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

==Awards==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations for Fiddler on the Roof{{!}}List of awards and nominations for ''Fiddler on the Roof''}}
''Fiddler''{{'}}s original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production in 1964 was nominated for ten [[Tony Award]]s, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, and book, and Robbins won for best direction and choreography.  Mostel and Karnilova won as best leading actor and best featured actress. In 1972, the show won a special Tony on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history.

Its revivals have also been honored.  At the 1981 Tony Awards, Bernardi was nominated as best actor.  Ten years later, the 1991 revival won for best revival, and Topol was nominated as best actor.  The 2004 revival was nominated for six Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards but won none.  The 2007 West End revival was nominated for [[Laurence Olivier Awards]] for best revival, and Goodman was nominated as best actor. The 2019 West End revival won the Olivier Award for best revival, and it received a further 7 nominations. The [[off West End]] production in 2024 was nominated for 13 Olivier Awards, winning 3, including best revival.<ref name=Wiegand2025/>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*{{cite book | title = Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time | author = Bloom, Ken | author-link = Ken Bloom (writer) |author2=Frank Vlastnik| publisher = Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | location = New York, New York | isbn = 1-57912-390-2 | date = October 1, 2004| author2-link = Frank Vlastnik}}, p.&nbsp;98
*{{cite book | title = Broadway: the American musical | author = Kantor, Michael | author2 = [[Laurence Maslon]] | location = New York, New York | publisher = Bulfinch Press | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8212-2905-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/broadwayamerican00kant}}
*Rich, Frank. ''The Theatre Art of Boris Aronson'' (1987), Knopf {{ISBN|0-394-52913-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Whitfield|first=Stephen J.|authorlink=Stephen J. Whitfield |title=Key texts in American Jewish culture|year=2003|publisher=Rutgers University Press|location=New Brunswick, NJ|isbn=0-8135-3221-3|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2EXMH9rxlQoC&q=fiddler%20on%20the%20roof&pg=PA105|chapter=Fiddling with Sholem Aleichem: A History of Fiddler on the Roof}}

==Further reading==
* Altman, Richard (1971). ''The Making of a Musical: Fiddler on the Roof''. Crown Publishers.
* Isenberg, Barbara (2014). ''Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical''. New York: St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|978-0-312-59142-7}}. 
* Solomon, Alisa (2013). ''Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof''. Metropolitan Books. {{ISBN|0805092609}}.

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Commons category|Fiddler on the Roof}}
* {{IBDB show}}
* {{Playbill production}}
* [http://fiddlermusical.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FIDDLER-Study-Guide-Sept-21-Final-spread.pdf ''Fiddler on the Roof''] study guide
* [http://www.ovrtur.com/show/119518 ''Fiddler on the Roof''] at Ovrtur
* [http://www.playbill.com/article/long-runs-on-broadway-com-109864 List of longest-running Broadway productions from ''Playbill'']

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = ''[[Life with Father]]''
| title  = [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows#Timeline of longest-running Broadway shows|Longest-running Broadway show]]
| years  = 1972–1979
| after  = ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]''
}}
{{s-end}}

{{Fiddler on the Roof}}
{{Bock and Harnick}}
{{Joseph Stein}}
{{Navboxes
| title = Awards for ''Fiddler on the Roof''
| list = 
{{DramaDesk MusicalRevival}}
{{OlivierAward MusicalRevival}}
{{Special Tony Award}}
{{TonyAwardBestMusical 1947-1975}}
{{TonyAward Revival}}
{{TonyAward MusicalBook 1947-1975}}
{{TonyAward MusicalScore 1947-1975}}
}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiddler On The Roof}}
[[Category:Fiddler on the Roof| ]]
[[Category:1964 musicals]]
[[Category:Broadway musicals]]
[[Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients]]
[[Category:Jewish theatre]]
[[Category:Musicals about race and ethnicity]]
[[Category:Musicals based on short fiction]]
[[Category:Musicals by Joseph Stein]]
[[Category:Musicals by Jerry Bock]]
[[Category:Musicals by Sheldon Harnick]]
[[Category:Musicals choreographed by Jerome Robbins]]
[[Category:Tony Award for Best Musical]]
[[Category:West End musicals]]
[[Category:Yiddish culture]]
[[Category:Musicals set in the 1900s]]
[[Category:Musicals set in Russia]]
[[Category:Plays set in the Russian Empire]]
[[Category:Musicals about Jews and Judaism]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by Sholem Aleichem]]
[[Category:Tony Award–winning musicals]]
[[Category:United States National Recording Registry recordings]]