Fiddler On The Roof at Buell Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof is a production with music by Jerry Bock, book by Joseph Stein, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, set in the Pale of Settlement in Imperial Russia in or around the year 1905. Storyteller Sholem Aleichem's "Tevye and His Daughters" (or "Tevye the Dairyman") is the inspiration for this triumphant masterpiece of work. The story revolves around Tevye, a milkman in the small village of Anatevka. As new variables enter his family's life, he struggles to uphold their observance to Jewish religious and social norms. Tevye must learn to appreciate the strong personalities of his three older daughters and their desire to marry for love, despite his growing abhorrence for the men they choose. By tsarist decree, the Jews are eventually evicted from their neighborhood.

The musical's nine Tony Awards such as those for best musical, score, book, direction, and choreography. It was adapted into a well received film in 1971, and it has since been revived five times on Broadway, all to incredible success. Productions at the local and academic levels have also found it to be a suitable option. Popular songs like "Tradition," "Sunrise, Sunset," "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," and "To Life (L'Chaim!)" will be performed to thunderous applause. Honestly, you have to see this live. It will be the time of your life!