Fiddler On The Roof Choreographer

With the possible exception of the fancy footwork in west side story the choreography that jerome robbins created for the 1964 jerry bock sheldon harnick joseph stein musical fiddler on the roof.

Fiddler on the roof choreographer.

Information about jerry bock s broadway musical fiddler on the roof including news and gossip production information synopsis musical numbers sheetmusic cds videos books sound and video clips tickets lyrics rights holders the offical website and more. The jerome robbins choreography. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and. The tony nominee talks his musical theatre debut re imagining the work of fiddler s original choreographer jerome robbins and making the tradition resonate today.

Fiddler on the roof original musical comedy drama broadway opened in new york city sep 22 1964 and played through jul 2 1972. Mti s comprehensive choreographic guide allows productions to retain original director choreographer jerome robbins classic staging. Choreographer hofesh shechter admits to not quite understanding his instructions when fiddler on the roof director bartlett sher told him you have to base it on the jerome robbins choreography. That revival is now on tour across north america with the choreography restructured by.

Like sir carol reed s oliver norman jewison s fiddler on the roof is a lavish carefully made splendidly designed musical film.