Fiddler On The Roof Father Son Role

As tevye s wife of twenty five years and mother of his five daughters golde.

Fiddler on the roof father son role. I loved seeing herschel bernardi play tevye in fiddler on the roof in the 1960 s and it was a great pleasure to speak to his son michael who played the role in the broadway revival he also appears in a brief but very compelling role in marshall the film about one of thurgood marshall s early criminal cases. Joanna merlin who originated the role of tzeitel. Strong patriarch but gentle father of five daughters closely raised according to the scriptures. Broadway fiddler on the roof revival will for one performance feature michael bernardi in his late father s trademark role of tevye.

Jerome robbins directed many landmark broadway musicals peter pan west side story gypsy et al. But the 1964 smash hit fiddler on the roof was his most personal. His daughter anat played the role of chava in a 1995 production of fiddler on the roof alongside her father. 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.

Now having played tevye he feels more complete. 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. As the narrator and main character of this story tevye is the father of five daughters an impoverished milkman a leader in his jewish community and husband to the headstrong golde he is faced with struggles to uphold the traditions of his people especially through the marriages of his daughters. Was nominated for broadway s 1991 tony award as best actor musical for a revival of fiddler on the roof a role he had previously played twenty years earlier in an oscar nominated performance in the film version of the same title fiddler on the roof 1971.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film.