zero mostel played the main character in fiddler on the roof.
zero mostel played the main character in fiddler on the roof.
who played the main character in fiddler on the roof?
zero mostel
topol came to greatest prominence in his portrayal of tevye the dairyman on stage and screen. he first played the lead role in the israeli production of the musical "fiddler on the roof" in 1966, replacing shmuel rodensky for 10 weeks when rodensky fell ill. harold prince, producer of the original "fiddler on the roof" that opened on broadway in 1964, had seen topol in "sallah shabati" and called him to audition for the role of the fifty-something tevye in a new production scheduled to open at her majesty's theatre in london on february 16, 1967. not yet fluent in english, topol memorized the score from the broadway cast album and learned the lyrics with a british native. when topol arrived at the audition, prince was surprised that this 30-year-old man had played shabati, a character in his sixties. topol explained, "a good actor can play an old man, a sad face, a happy man. makeup is not an obstacle". topol also surprised the producers with his familiarity with the staging, since he had already acted in the israeli production, and was hired. he spent six months in london learning his part phonetically with vocal coach cicely berry. jerome robbins, director and choreographer of the 1964 broadway show who came over to direct the london production, "re-directed" the character of tevye for topol and helped the actor deliver a less caricatured performance. topol's performance received positive reviews.
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