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Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

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Fiddler on the Roof, subtitled The Original Broadway Cast Recording, is an album containing a recording of the 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof made by its original cast. The album was released in the same year on RCA Victor (LOC/LSO-1093).

Opened
1964
Performances
3,242
Type
Musical
Era
Golden Age
Music: Jerry BockLyrics: Sheldon HarnickBook: Joseph Stein

Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1965.

Productions8 on Broadway

1964 Imperial Theatre Original. September 22, 1964 · Jerome Robbins 3,242 performances · 9 Tony wins
1976 Winter Garden Theatre Revival. December 28, 1976 · Jerome Robbins 167 performances
1981 New York State Theatre Revival. July 9, 1981 · Jerome Robbins 53 performances
1983 Apollo Victoria Theatre Original.
1990 Gershwin Theatre Revival. November 18, 1990 241 performances
2004 Minskoff Theatre Revival. February 26, 2004 · Jerome Robbins 781 performances
2015 Broadway Theatre Revival. December 20, 2015 · Bartlett Sher 472 performances
2019 Playhouse Theatre Original.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 80 albums held

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Fiddler on the Roof Highlights
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Fiddler on the Roof Jr. Music Theatre International
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording EMI USA E2 0777 7 46091 2 8; EMI Music Canada E2 46091
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Fiddler on the roof / Skrzypek na dachu Selles Records SELL 1112
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Fiddler on the Roof Capitol Records
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Fiddler on the Roof RCA BG2 7060
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Fiddler on the Roof (1967 original London cast) Columbia 468642 2
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS Records Masterworks ST 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia Masterworks SX 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 31519; Embassy
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS PC424
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Topol: Fiddler on the Roof Soma S-091
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 70030
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia 468642 2
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS S 31519; Embassy
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Fiddler on the Roof (1967 original London cast) Columbia CK 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia CCK 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS Records Masterworks ST 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia CK 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS SBP 233424; CBS SBRG 70030
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS BSF 9115
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS SBP 473477
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS S 64688
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia ELS 317
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS Records Masterworks SXT 30742
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS PC 477
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Fiddler on the Roof RCA Victor LOC-1093. 1964
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Fiddler on the Roof RCA Victor LSO-1093; RCA Victor LSO-1093 Stereo. 1964
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Harold Prince Presents: Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof: A New Musical (the original Broadway cast recording) RCA Victor LSO-1093; RCA Victor LSO-1093 RE; RCA Victor LSO 1093…. 1964
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Fiddler on the Roof Music for Pleasure MFP 1131. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 70030; CBS SBRG 70030. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 70030; CBS BRG 70030. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS SBP 233424. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia Masterworks SX 30742. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 70030; CBS SBRG70030. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS BP 233424. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia Masterworks SX 30742. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof (1967 original London cast) CBS S 64688. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS SBP 233424. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS YS-830-C. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 40-70030. 1967
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS BSF 9115. 1968
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Fiddler on the Roof RCA 38-149. 1969
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Fiddler On The Roof: Motion Picture Soundtrack United Artists K-5013. 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof United Artists UAS 29 264. 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof United Artists UAS 10900. 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof United Artists UAD 60011/2. 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof (1967 original London cast) CBS S64688. 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording United Artists UAS-10900. August 24, 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof United Artists UAS 10900. August 24, 1971
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Fiddler on the Roof Embassy EMB 31210. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS S 31519; Embassy. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS 40-64688. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS S 31519; Embassy. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof Embassy EMB 31210; Embassy S EMB 31210. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS S 31519. 1975
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Broadway Cast Recording RCA Red Seal RCD1-7060. 1986
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Fiddler on the Roof (1964 original Broadway cast) RCA Red Seal RD87060. 1986
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording EMI America CP32-5522. 1987
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Fiddler on the Roof CBS BWC 10. 1987
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Fiddler on the Roof EMI 68046 2 (Club Edition). 1989
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Fiddler on the Roof EMI Records USA CDP 7 46091 2. 1989
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Fiddler on the Roof EMI Records USA CDP 7 460912. July 24, 1989
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Fiddler on the Roof Duchesse CD 352075. 1990
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Topol: Skrzypek Na Dachu leo 06990L. 1990
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Topol: Skrzypek Na Dachu leo 06990. 1990
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Fiddler on the Roof Regal 1572512. 1991
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Fiddler on the Roof Sony West End SMK53499. June 13, 1994
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording Capitol Records 72435-35266-2-7. 2001
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Fiddler on the Roof Columbia Broadway Masterworks SMK 89546. 2001
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Fiddler on the Roof (1967 original London cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 89546. March 20, 2001
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Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording Capitol Records 72435-35266-2-7. October 9, 2001
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Fiddler on the Roof (Original Broadway Cast Recording) RCA Victor. May 30, 2003
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Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition) RCA Victor 82876 51430 2. June 3, 2003
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Fiddler on the Roof PS Classics 420. June 8, 2004
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Fiddler on the Roof Masterworks Broadway 88697 49920 2. 2009
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Anatevka Fiddler on the Roof OehmsClassics OC 437. 2014
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Fiddler on the Roof Broadway Records BR-CD04016. March 18, 2016
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Fiddler on the Roof: 2018 Cast Recording Time–Life Music 33531-D. August 9, 2019
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Fiddler on the Roof: 50th Anniversary Remastered Limited Edition La‐La Land Records LLLCD 1576. December 3, 2021

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Fiddler on the Roof matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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5 passages naming Fiddler on the Roof, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (22 SEPTEMBER 1964, IMPERIAL, 3,242 PERFORMANCES). Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, staged and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, presented by Harold Prince. Based on short stories by Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler on the Roof became the longest-running musical in Broadw… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p142

Nothing on the horizon seems likely to surpass A CHORUS LINE, but that’s what they said about FIDDLER ON THE ROOF [Sep- tember 22, 1964]. book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p585

“Fiddler on the Roof” with Zero Mostel re-creating his original role. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p429

The exquisite theatricality of Broadway's greatest musical is missing, and Topol's Tevye is humorless, heartless, and heavy, and Anatevka is peopled with Hollywood's idea ofJews. But the story and score are intact. book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p526

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 3,242 performances Opened September 22, 1964; Closed July 2, 1972 book:theatre-world-2003-04-season-v-60-willis#p291

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