AN impressive line-up of Australian talent has been assembled for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof, opening at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from December 29. Followed by a Sydney season at the Capitol Theatre from March 24.
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Australian musical theatre superstar, Anthony Warlow, returns direct from Broadway to play the role of Tevye. Anthony has spent the last three years treading the boards on Broadway playing Daddy Warbucks in Annie and most recently replacing Kelsey Grammar as Captain Hook in Finding Neverland.
Joining Anthony as his sharp-tongued wife Golde, is Australian stage and screen star, Sigrid Thornton. Having recently played the legendary Judy Garland, to critical acclaim, in the television mini-series Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, the award winning actress is widely known for her lead role as Laura Joy Gibson in Sea Change. Sigrid’s notable stage credits include Blanche Dubois in the critically acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire as well as Sondheim’s A Little Night Music in which she played opposite her onstage husband-to-be, Anthony Warlow.
Making his musical theatre debut playing the role of Motel, is ARIA award winner Lior one of Australia’s most successful singer- songwriters.
Best known for his alter-ego ‘Con the Fruiterer’, Mark Mitchell will play Lazar Wolf, the wealthy butcher.
Fiddler on the Roof's celebrated score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, features songs loved the world over - Tradition, Sunrise Sunset, Matchmaker, To Life and of course, If I Were A Rich Man.
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 in 1964. It ran for 3,242 shows, becoming the longest-running musical in 1972. It won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director, as well as awards for author, producer, choreographer, costume design and, composer and lyricist. It won another Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1991. In 1971, the movie version, starring Topol was nominated for Best Picture and picked up three Academy Awards. The show has enjoyed many London and Broadway revivals, the latest opening at the Broadway Theatre this November.
Set in 1905 in a small Jewish village in Tzarist Russia, the musical tells the story of milkman Tevye and his attempts to preserve his family’s traditions in a changing world. One of Tevye’s five daughters, Tzeitel, wants to marry a poor tailor instead of a middle-aged butcher her father has chosen for her in the tradition of arranged marriages.
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