PR Productions presents the Tony Award-winning musical Fiddler on the Roof November 15-17 and 22-23 at the historic Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad Street in Sandwich.
Performances are 7:00 p.m November 15, 16, 22 and 23 and at 2:00 p.m. on November 17 and 23. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.wewantpr.com or by calling toll free at 888-395-0797.
Written by Joseph Stein and based on Sholem Aleichem’s short story Tevye and His Daughters, Fiddler on the Roof debuted at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway Sept. 22, 1964, and ran for 3,242 shows, becoming the longest-running musical in 1972.
It won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Actor (Zero Mostel), Best Supporting Actress (Maria Karnilova) and Best Director (Jerome Robbins) as well as awards for author, producer, choreographer, costume design and composer and lyricist. In 1991 it won another Tony Award as Best Revival of a Musical.
A 1971 movie version directed by Norman Jewison was nominated for Best Picture and picked up three Academy Awards.
Fiddler on the Roof was one of the first Broadway musicals to deal with serious issues such as persecution, poverty and holding on to one’s beliefs.
Set in 1905 in a small Jewish village in Russia, it is the story of dairyman Tevye and his attempts to preserve his family’s traditions in a changing world. Tevye’s daughter Tzeitel wants to marry a poor tailor instead of the middle-aged butcher her father has chosen for her in the tradition of arranged marriages. Tevye is forced to choose between his daughter’s happiness and his culture’s beloved traditions.
The musical produced well-known songs such as Sunrise, Sunset, If I Were a Rich Man, and Matchmaker.
For more information on the PR Productions presentation of Fiddler on the Roof, visit www.wewantpr.com or search for PR Productions on Facebook.
PR Productions is a local community theatre organization.
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