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SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News
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s Jewish characters in
Fiddler on the Roof deliver
universal messages about
family, Jewish performers in
the troupe touring around the country
make those messages come to life.
Theodore Bikel, familiar to Detroit's
Fiddler fans through his many appear-
ances as Tevye at the Fisher Theatre —
including last year's heralded produc-
tion — heads this season's cast as well.
The musical takes the stage Nov. 16-
25 at the Fisher, where it was intro-
duced pre-Broadway in 1964.
This production includes four
Jewish actors in supporting roles:
David Masters as the rabbi; Miriam
Babin as Yenta the matchmaker;
Eileen Tepper as Tzeitel, Tevye's eldest
daughter; and Karen Katz as Sprintze,
the youngest.
Directed by Sammy Dallas Bayes,
who also has re-created Jerome
Robbins' original choreography, the
show expands the Sholem Aleichem
story that spotlights a humble milk-
man struggling to preserve traditions
in a changing world.
Winner of nine Tony Awards,
Fiddler has a score by Jerry Bock and
Sheldon Harnick that includes
"Sunrise Sunset," "Tradition," "If I
Were a Rich Man". and "To Life."
"I approach every night as if it were
opening night on Broadway," says
David Masters, 77, who has appeared
in Fiddler productions since the
1960s. His cast mates have included
Hershel Bernardi, Topol and Zero
Mostel in the lead role of Tevye.
"The show is part of my own roots
because my family came from a
Russian shtetl very much like the vil-
lage in Fiddler," explains Masters, who
has appeared in Broadway runs of the
The Reel `Fiddler'
The film version of "Fiddler" celebrates its
30th anniversary with a. special edition DVD.
EDDY FRIEDFELD
Special to the Jewish News
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t was 1964, at its pre-Broadway
run at Detroit's Fisher Theatre,
when these words were first
uttered: "I know, I know. We
are your chosen people. But, once in a
while, can't you choose someone else?"
The character Tevye, played by Zero
Mostel, launched a Broadway musical
that detractors said would never make
it. Since then, Fiddler on the Roof has
been in constant production some-
where around the world.
The story of the dairyman trying to
preserve his family's traditions in the
face of a changing world was made
into a movie in 1971. The late New
Yorker magazine movie critic Pauline
Kael called the film "the most power-
ful movie musical ever made." It fea-
tured Chaim Topol, Norma Crane,
Molly Picon, Leonard Frey and Paul
Michael Glaser.
To celebrate its 30th anniversary,
Capitol/EMI has issued a digitally remas-
tered soundtrack of Fiddler, and MGM
Home Entertainment has released a spe-
cial edition anniversary DVD.
The DVD includes commentary tracks
by director/producer Norman Jewison
and Topol; a documentary on filmmaker
Jewison; a song, "Any Day Now," sung
by Paul Michael Glaser, but left on the
cutting room floor; and stories by Sholem
Aleichem read by Jewison.
The play and film have given people
throughout the world a glimpse into
Jewish history, tradition and culture,
and have become a metaphor for the
preservation of family against chang-
ing times and values.
Director Norman Jewison explained
the power of the film. "Fiddler is a
story that touches everyone, regardless
of ethnicity, nationality or culture,
because it relates to all people," he said.