Productions6 on Broadway
| 1964 | Imperial Theatre Original. September 22, 1964 · Jerome Robbins | 3,242 performances · 9 Tony wins |
| 1976 | Winter Garden Theatre Revival. December 28, 1976 · Jerome Robbins | 167 performances |
| 1981 | New York State Theatre Revival. July 9, 1981 · Jerome Robbins | 53 performances |
| 1990 | Gershwin Theatre Revival. November 18, 1990 | 241 performances |
| 2004 | Minskoff Theatre Revival. February 26, 2004 · Jerome Robbins | 781 performances |
| 2015 | Broadway Theatre Revival. December 20, 2015 · Bartlett Sher | 472 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Fiddler on the Roof matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature5 passages
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (22 SEPTEMBER 1964, IMPERIAL, 3,242 PERFORMANCES). Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, staged and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, presented by Harold Prince. Based on short stories by Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof became the longest-running musical in Broadw… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p142
Nothing on the horizon seems likely to surpass A CHORUS LINE, but that’s what they said about FIDDLER ON THE ROOF [Sep- tember 22, 1964]. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p585
“Fiddler on the Roof” with Zero Mostel re-creating his original role. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p429
The exquisite theatricality of Broadway's greatest musical is missing, and Topol's Tevye is humorless, heartless, and heavy, and Anatevka is peopled with Hollywood's idea ofJews. But the story and score are intact. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p526
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 3,242 performances Opened September 22, 1964; Closed July 2, 1972 book:theatre-world-2003-04-season-v-60-willis#p291
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