Fiddler on the Roof posts closing notices
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
AFTER a nine-month run at London’s Savoy Theatre, Sheffield Theatre’s production of Fiddler on the Roof, starring Henry Goodman as dairyman Tevye, will close ahead of schedule – on February 16, 2008.
It will be followed – from May 21, 2008 (previews from May 7) – by the Take That musical, Never Forget.
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Previously Posted: Fiddler on the Roof has announced a final three-month extension, taking booking to April 26, 2008. And to meet demand, from February 18, 2008, there will be three matinee performances each week – on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday as opposed to Wednesday and Saturday.
Previously Posted: Fiddler on the Roof, starring Henry Goodman as dairyman Tevye, has extended its booking period at the Savoy Theatre yet again – this time by eight weeks, thereby taking the current booking period to January 26, 2008.
Meanwhile, a new cast recording is scheduled for release on August 21, 2007.
Previously Posted: Having recently extended its booking period by five weeks, the Savoy Theatre’s production of Fiddler on the Roof has just added another three weeks to its schedule, taking booking to November 24, 2007.
Previously Posted: Henry Goodman will reprise the role of Tevye in Sheffield Theatre’s production of Fiddler on the Roof which opens at London’s Savoy Theatre on May 29, 2007 (previews from May 19) – for a limited season.
Based on the stories of Russian author Sholem Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof is set in Tsarist Russia in 1905, and tells the story of Tevye, a dairyman and old-fashioned father who dreams of seeing his daughters married in the traditional Jewish manner. However, revolution is in the air and the young follow their hearts and not the advice of their fathers….
Fiddler on the Roof has a book by Joseph Stein, choreography by Jerome Robbins, music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, and features songs such as Tradition, Matchmaker, Matchmaker and If I Were a Rich Man.
The show premiered on Broadway in 1964 and went on to win nine Tony Awards. In 1967, it opened in the West End – at Her Majesty’s Theatre – and in 1971, a big screen version starred Topol. The new production which is directed by Lindsay Posner, ran from November 30, 2006 to January 20, 2007 at Sheffield.
Goodman is currently appearing at the London Coliseum in The Gondoliers which ends its run on March 31, 2007. His other London credits include Art, Guys and Dolls, Angels in America, Feelgood, Follies, The Exonerated, Chicago and The Merchant of Venice and Assassins, both of which won him Olivier Awards.
Goodman and Posner have previously worked together on Moliere’s The Hypochondriac (Almeida) and Pinter’s The Birthday Party (Birmingham Rep and West End); while Posner’s many other directorial credits include Fool for Love, Tom and Viv, Romance, Oleanna and Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
Also reprising their roles in Fiddler on the Roof will be Beverly Klein (Jerry Springer The Opera), Julie Legrand (See How They Run), and Victor McGuire (Chicago).
The company also includes Juliet Alderdice, Natasha Broomfield, Tomm Coles, Steve Fortune, Damian Humbley, Gareth Kennerley, Vincent Pirillo, Alex Ruocco, Alexandra Silber and Frances Thorburn.