Danny Burstein in
Fiddler on the Roof
Directed by Bartlett Sher
First Preview Nov 12, 2015
Opening Night Dec 17, 2015
Closing Dec 31, 2016
Broadway Theatre on Broadway
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales) by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and Jewish religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. He must cope with both the strong-willed actions of his three older daughter’ each one’s choice of husband moves further away from the customs of his faith and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village.
The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. It remains Broadway’s fourteenth longest-running show in history. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned four Broadway revivals, a successful 1971 film adaptation, and the show has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It is also a very popular choice for school and community productions.
Cast
Danny Burstein – Tevye the Dairyman
Jenny Rose Baker – Shprintze Tevye’s daughter
Michael C. Bernardi – Mordcha the Inkeeper
(Broadway debut)
Adam Dannheisser -Lazar Wolf the Butcher
Hayley Feinstein Bielke Tevye’s daughter
(Broadway debut)
Jessica Hecht – Golde
Adam Kantor – Motel the Tailor
Karl Kenzler – Constable
Alix Korey – Yente the Matchmaker
Samantha Massell – Hodel Tevye’s daughter
Melanie Moore – Chava Tevye’s daughter
Ben Rappaport – Perchik the Student
Nick Rehberger – Fyedka A Russian
Alexandra Silber – Tzeitel Tevye’s daughter
Jessica Vosk – Fruma-Sarah
Aaron Young – Sasha A Russian
(Broadway debut)
Jennifer Zetlan – Shandel Motel’s mother
(Broadway debut)
Julie Benko
Eric Bourne – (Broadway debut)
Stephen Carrasco
Eric Chambliss – (Broadway debut)
Mitch Greenberg – Yussel the Hatmaker Nachum the Beggar
Adam Grupper – Rabbi
Jacob Guzman
Jesse Kovarsky – The Fiddler
Reed Luplau – (Broadway debut)
Brandt Martinez
Sarah Parker – (Broadway debut)
Marla Phelan -(Broadway debut)
Tess Primack – (Broadway debut)
George Psomas – Avram The Bookseller
Jeffrey Schecter – Mendel the Rabbi’s son
Lori Wilner – Grandma Tzeitel
Jonathan Royse Windham – (Broadway debut)
Creative Team
Produced by Jeffrey Richards – Jerry Frankel and Jam Theatricals
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Based on the original conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins
Musical Director: Ted Sperling
Music arrangements by Ted Sperling
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Choreographed by Hofesh Shechter
Scenic Design by Michael Yeargan
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Donald Holder
Sound Design by Scott Lehrer
Danny Burstein
Danny is a 5-time Tony Award nominee whose 15 Broadway credits include: Cabaret(Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); The Snow Geese; Golden Boy (2013 Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations);Follies (2012 Tony, Astaire & Grammy Award nominations; Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown; South Pacific (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award);The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony and Ovation Award nominations); Saint Joan;The Seagull; Three Men on a Horse; A Little Hotel on the Side; The Flowering Peach; A Class Act; Titanic and Company. Off-Broadway credits include: Talley’s Folly (Lucille Lortel & Drama League nominations); Mrs. Farnsworth; Psych; All in the Timing; Merrily We Roll Along;Weird Romance and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Film/TV includes:The Family Fang (directed by Jason Bateman); Blackhat (directed by Michael Mann); Lolly Steinman on “Boardwalk Empire” (directed by Martin Scorsese); “Louie;” Transamerica; “Absolutely Fabulous;” “Ed;” all the “Law & Order” series; “Hope & Faith;” Deception;Affluenza; American Milkshake; Nor’easter; Construction; Liv and Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon. He recently made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Frosch in the Jeremy Sams/Douglas Carter Beane production of Die Fledermaus.
Jessica Hecht
Jessica Hecht last starred on Broadway in the Tony nominated-play The Assembled Parties. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the recent revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson. Her other Broadway appearances include the revivals of Harvey opposite Jim Parsons,Brighton Beach Memoirs opposite Laurie Metcalf, Julius Caesar opposite Denzel Washington, After the Fall opposite Peter Krause and Carla Gugino, and her Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Her many off-Broadway appearances include starring roles in The Three Sisters(Classic Stage Company); Make Me(Atlantic Theater Company); The House in Town (Lincoln Center Theater); Stop, Kiss(The Public Theater); Lobster Alice(Playwrights Horizons); Plunge(Playwrights Horizons); Flesh and Blood(New York Theatre Workshop); The Fourth Sister (The Vineyard Theatre). She has spent nine seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she recently played “Blanche” opposite Sam Rockwell in A Streetcar Named Desire. On film, she will next be seen in Tim Blake Nelson’sAnesthesia. Her recent films include The English Teacher with Julianne Moore, “Emma Goldman” in Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio, Rob Reiner’s The Summer of Monte Wildhornwith Morgan Freeman, and Jonah Hill’s mother in The Sitter. Her other films include Helena from the Wedding, Fair Game with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn,The Winning Season with Sam Rockwell, and Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take. She was also seen in Woody Allen’s Whatever Works with Larry David, Dan in Real Lifewith Steve Carrell, Starting out in the Evening with Frank Langella, Sidewayswith Paul Giamatti, The Forgotten with Julianne Moore, and Tim Blake Nelson’sThe Grey Zone. Ms. Hecht’s extensive television work includes her recurring roles on “Bored to Death” opposite Ted Danson, “Breaking Bad” opposite Bryan Cranston and “Person of Interest.” Well known for her role as “Susan” on “Friends,” she also starred in “The Single Guy” with Jonathan Silverman, and in James Brooks’s “What about Joan?” with Joan Cusack. Her many memorable performances include guest appearances on numerous television series including, “The Good Wife,” “Nurse Jackie,” “ER,” “Seinfeld” and the forthcoming Marvel series, “Violet.”
Adam Kantor
Adam Kantor is best-known to Broadway audiences as “Mark” in the final cast of Rent which was preserved on DVD by Sony Pictures’ RENT: Filmed Live on Broadway. He reunited with Rentdirector Michael Greif in Next to Normal on Broadway, in which he played “Henry.” In 2013 Adam played Jamie in the acclaimed NYC revival of The Last Five Years The Last Five Years at Second Stage, directed by its composer Jason Robert Brown. Also off-Broadway, he played “Princeton/Rod” in Avenue Q. At The Old Globe, he played “Proteus” in Shakespeare’s Two Gentleman of Veronadirected by Mark Lamos, and “Jeff” in the world premiere of Nobody Loves You by Itamar Moses and Gaby Alter. Most recently, Adam played “Eddie” in the world premiere production of Diner by Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson directed by Kathleen Marshall. On TV he was seen in “The Good Wife” in the role of “Ezra.” Adam was a co-founder of the nonprofit arts organization, Broadway in South Africa, which provided arts education to underprivileged youth in the townships of South Africa. He graduated from Northwestern University and also studied at the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford, England. @AdamJKantor on Twitter.
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