Broadway Revival of Fiddler on the Roof to Shutter on January 8

The Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof will end its run at the Minskoff Theatre on January 8, according to a production spokesperson. At the time it closes, this production will have played 36 previews and 781 regular performances.

Fiddler on the Roof--inspired by the stories of Sholom Aleichem--concerns Tevye and his daughters, who are yearning for something new even as great changes they do not want are happening in the world outside their village of Anatevka. The show features music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and a book by Joseph Stein. The score includes such songs as "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Sunrise, Sunset" and "To Life."

This production of Fiddler on the Roof, which was directed by David Leveaux, opened on Broadway on February 26, 2004 with Alfred Molina as Tevye and Randy Graff as Golde. Critics then revisited the musical this January to take in replacement leads Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin. In his Broadway.com Review of the second cast,, Eric Grode wrote: "Leveaux's staging remains intrusive, but Fierstein has added a hefty and very welcome dose of comic pizzazz. And not at the expense of the piece: He is just as convincing as a weary, loving dad as he was as a 300-pound housewife in Hairspray, and only very rarely does he slip into default imp mode. In fact, he gets better as Joseph Stein's marvelous book forces Tevye into increasingly wrenching parental choices."

Fiddler on the Roof will continue to star Fierstein, who is expected to remain with the show until it closes. Martin played her final performance in the revival on July 31. Understudy Lori Wilner will assume the role of Golde on August 2.