Fiddler On The Roof Shreveport

Touching audiences worldwide with its humor warmth and honesty this universal show is a staple of the musical theatre canon.

Fiddler on the roof shreveport. Fiddler on the roof 2017. The historic riverview theater was packed on saturday night as shreveport opera presented its first and only performance of fiddler on the roof directed by shreveport s own nate wasson. Directed by norman jewison. A passionate explorer of the intersection between opera and musical theatre grimsley has appeared as johanna in sweeney todd with new orleans opera tzeitel in fiddler on the roof with shreveport opera cunegonde in candide with ash lawn opera and sally.

Altyso and shreveport symphony trumpet solo by claire letson joined by catie letson in duet. Winner of nine tony awards when it debuted in 1964 fiddler on the roof is the brainchild of broadway legends jerome robbins and harold prince. And bookwriter joseph stein. Shreveport opera 2012.

With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon. The much loved story of tevye the milkman s struggle to reconcile old jewish ways with the modern world opened on broadway in 1964 and held the record for longest running musical with 3 242 performances until it closed in 1970 for nearly 10 years. Kate rhea also contributed to this article. Fiddler on the roof on tour.

In broadway terms fiddler on the roof is a tradition unto itself. Clips of dead man walking 2016. Shreveport opera 6969 fern loop suite 206 shreveport louisiana 71105 318 227 9503. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.

Get tickets to fiddler on the roof. A graduate of centenary college of louisiana wasson served as assistant director with shreveport opera s production of h m s.