Group of Signed Programs and Photographs

Group of signed programs and photographs relating to Fiddler on the Roof and three actors who most famously performed the role of Tevye: Zero Mostel, Theodore Bikel and Chaim Topol. Included are: a Playbill cover from Fiddler at the Shubert Theatre [n.d.], signed and inscribed by Mostel; a program from a July 1975 production of the musical at the South Shore Music Circus, signed, inscribed, and dated on the cover by Mostel; a program from a June 1979 production of the musical at North Shore Music Theatre, signed on the cover by Bikel; a signed self-portrait caricature drawing of Topol; an unsigned promotional 8 x 10 photograph of Topol as Tevye; an unsigned 10 x 8 photograph of Mostel onstage with Maria Karnilova and Joanna Merlin; and an unsigned February 1965 playbill from the original run of Fiddler at the Imperial Theatre. In fine condition overall.

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales) by Sholem Aleichem. The musical which opened on Broadway 09/22/64, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Harold Prince, was a smash hit for many years, racking up a record-setting total of 3,242 performances in its original run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned four Broadway revivals, a successful 1971 film adaptation, and the show has enjoyed enduring international popularity. (16850)

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