NEW YORK - Jerry Bock, who composed the music to some of the most memorable shows in Broadway history, including the melodies for "Fiorello!" and "Fiddler on the Roof," has died. He was 81. Richard M. Ticktin, Bock's attorney and family friend, said the composer died Wednesday morning at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., of heart failure.
Jim Critchfield and Allison Cahill, as Tevye and Goldie, strongly lead an impressive cast of local theater professionals and theater students, with notable turns by Christine Laitta as Yente, Jon Cannard as Lazar, and all the various daughters and their suitors. And I gladly make special mention of the "bottle dancers" - it's a shameless bit of [Jerome Robbins] choreography, but when the results are this entertaining, there's really no option but to acknowledge it. And a shout out to the technical side as well: Cory Pattack, Kim Brown and Alfred Kirschman for lights, costumes and set, respectively. For me, that describes almost all Rodgers & Hammerstein, most 1950s and "60s musicals and, specific to this review, , from 1964. It's not that Fiddler isn't a good show...
A Fiddler on the roof! Sounds crazy, no? But every one of us is a Fiddler on the Roof, trying to scratch out a meager tune, without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. --Tevye
Fiddler on the Roof," through April 10, Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley, 801-984-9000, running time: 2 hours, 50 minutes (one intermission) Few shows are as traditional in the musical theater cannon as "Fiddler On the Roof." Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley City asked its patrons what shows they'd like to see and they overwhelmingly picked "Fiddler" -- a tale about Tevye, a poor dairyman with five daughters and a deep connection to his Jewish faith and its traditions.
TOPSHAM - Midcoast Youth Theater has assembled a cast of local middle-school students for its production of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof, Jr." Performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, and Friday, Aug. 21, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at Mt. Ararat High School. The show is a youth edition of the Broadway classic by Joseph Stein, with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Set in the village of Anatevka, the play centers on the life of Tevye, a poor dairyman, who strives to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community, despite the influence of social changes and the growing threat of anti-Semitism in czarist Russia.
The production "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Brownsville Area High School is a community affair. The production was made possible by a grant that show co- director and producer Tricia Rohlf received from the Community Foundation of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Golden Performing Arts Center children perform the musical, 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m., Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. $13-$15; $11-$15 seniors; $9-$11 children. 818-703-7752. Ecuadorian festival
When the Chaffey High theater department opens its show of "Fiddler on the Roof" next week, students might do a double-take at some of the actors on stage. Chances are they might find a teacher or counselor up there filling-in roles in the high school's production.
For Jubel Obien, directing and producing "Fiddler on the Roof" is almost like cruising. As vocal director for the 16-ship Holland America Cruise Lines, Obien is in her element - on the go, working with energetic and talented people to put on a top-quality show.
BUCKFIELD - Selling elementary and high school students on staging "Fiddler on the Roof" was tough, music director Ethan Wright said, but once they understood the story and learned about Jewish traditions, they got into it. It is my favorite musical of all time," Wright said. "There is a lot of dancing and we had a choreographer work with the 15 boys in the play.
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