Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere)

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Broadway musical production stage musical

Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) is a landmark Broadway musical that portrays the life of a Jewish family in a pre-revolutionary Russian shtetl, exploring themes of tradition, change, and cultural identity.

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Label	Occurrences
Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway production)	3
Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)	2
Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) canonical	1
Fiddler on the Roof (musical)	1
Fiddler on the Roof (stage productions)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical production ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
award	Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Choreography NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Score NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Fiddler on the Roof (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ stories of Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
bookBy	Joseph Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayRunLength	over 3000 performances ⓘ
choreographer	Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityOfPremiere	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Jerry Bock NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	book musical ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ
historicalSignificance	landmark in representation of Jewish culture on Broadway ⓘ
inspiredBy	Tevye the Dairyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	Zero Mostel NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadActress	Maria Karnilova NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricist	Sheldon Harnick NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Golde NERFINISHED ⓘ Tevye NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong	Do You Love Me? NERFINISHED ⓘ If I Were a Rich Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Matchmaker, Matchmaker NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunrise, Sunset NERFINISHED ⓘ To Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Tradition ⓘ
openedOnBroadway	1964-09-22 ⓘ
openingTheatre	Imperial Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	life in a Jewish shtetl ⓘ
producer	Harold Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Griffith NERFINISHED ⓘ
record	first musical to surpass 3000 performances on Broadway ⓘ
rolePlayed	Maria Karnilova as Golde NERFINISHED ⓘ Zero Mostel as Tevye NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Anatevka NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Jewish family life ⓘ tradition and cultural change ⓘ
theme	conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ family and generational change ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ
title	Fiddler on the Roof NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Anatevka → appearsIn → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)

Anatevka → firstMajorAppearance → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

If I Were a Rich Man → originalProduction → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway production)

Sunrise, Sunset → originalProduction → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway production)

To Life → originalProduction → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway production)

Rosalind Harris → basedOn → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical)

Rosalind Harris → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage productions)

Tevye the Dairyman → influenced → Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (musical)