Fiddler on the Roof

Cast Highlights

Act One

Act Two

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

• Washington, D. C. Song List

For the performance on Wednesday evening, July 21, 1971, at which the production became the longest-running musical in Broadway (surpassing Hello, Dolly!), audience members recieved a strange nylon scarf-poster-broadsheet hybrid that listed the complete cast as well as credits for the performance.

At the end of the performance, Mayor John Lindsay walked onstage to take part in the celebration, wearing a blue suit and a red, white and blue striped tie, and said, "After my term expires in 1974, I'm going to play Tevye. If Pearl Bailey could do it for 'Hello, Dolly!' I can do it for 'Fiddler.'" (From the account in the New York Times on July 22, 1971.)

There was also a block party after the show.

At the evening performance on Saturday, June 17, 1972, following the matinee normally played on Sundays, the production surpassed Life With Father to become the longest-running show, play or musical, in Broadway history.

Main Run

• Imperial Theatre (New York, NY)
  9/22/1964 - 2/25/1967
• Majestic Theatre (New York, NY)
  2/27/1967 - 12/14/1970
• Broadway Theatre (New York, NY)
  12/16/1970 - 7/2/1972

Tryout Dates

• Fisher Theatre (Detroit, MI)
  7/27/1964 - 8/22/1964 [Two previews before July 27 opening.]
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  National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
  8/27/1964 - 9/12/1964 [Two previews: evening on August 26 and matinee on August 27.]

Commercial Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (1964)
• Solo Recording With Replacement Tevye (1966)