Fiddler on the Roof News

Tickets are on sale for "Fiddler on the Roof," starring Harvey Fierstein as Tevye, which will play at the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Jan.

Photo courtesy of Jackie Hoffman. Second City alumna Jackie Hoffman is back in Chicago appearing as "Grandmama" in the new musical The Addams Family , but she's also planned a special Chanukah treat for local fans.

When the lights went dark and the curtain went up and the gray-bearded Chaim Topol plodded onto the stage in his black boots to polite applause, I could see immediately it was going to be a long night.

The company of Fiddler on the Roof, at Shea's through November 22. Italian playwright and clown Dario Fo and his partner Franca Rame have created some of the most interesting and engaging political theater of our time.

Traditions were made to be broken. That lesson, at times painful and at times liberating, sits at the center of "Fiddler on the Roof," the epic musical that began its six-day run in Shea's Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night.

Casa Manana sends word today that Harvey Fierstein will replace Chaim Topol as Tevye in the tour production of Fiddler on the Roof coming to Bass Hall in the spring.

FIDDLER On The Roof is not only a classic musical, but was also a memorable film with award-winning Chaim Topol in the leading role.

Through this Sunday, Boston lovers of "Tradition"-al musicals are getting the chance to see the great elegiac "Fiddler on the Roof," starring the man who has become synonymous with central role of the long-suffering milkman Teyve.

Topol, the beloved Israeli-born actor who was to perform as Tevye in the upcoming production of "Fiddler on the Roof" at Shea's Performing Arts Center, is bidding an early farewell to his farewell tour.

This is where critic J. Kelly Nestruck posts his review after-thoughts and keeps an eye on what's going on theatre across Canada and around the world.

If you bought tickets to see Chaim Topol's final performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" at Shea's Performing Arts Center next week, you might be disappointed to hear the famed singer will not take the stage.

Launching a new "tradition" Harvey Fierstein replaces Topol in the North American tour of the TONY award winning musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

Greater Boston Region SVP Steve Hackley talks about the future of cable television and the impact of the economy on the industry.

Thom Hofrichter, left, and Mike Yoder play weapons negotiators in 'A Walk in the Woods.' Hofrichter also is co-director of the Cold War-era drama.

"Tradition, tradition," sings Chaim Topol, as the jovial Tevye in one jubilant scene in the family classic Fiddler on the Roof.

7 . . . Chaim Topol , famous for playing the lead role of Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof," hangin' out at the Four Seasons before his performance at the Boston Opera House .

When you've performed the same role for more than 40 years, from an impressionable 29 to a wizened 74, it's hard to find the motivation to step out on stage and make the next performance special.

Chaim Topol performs live on stage in "Fiddler On the Roof" now at the Hippodrome Theatre.

Susan Cella and Chaim Topol star in the national touring production of "Fiddler on the Roof,'' at the Opera House in Boston.

The humble Jewish folk of Anatevka haven't changed much since they were first seen on the Broadway stage 45 years ago in a hit musical called "Fiddler on the Roof." The world hasn't changed much, either, at least not in terms of peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and customs, which was really all that the Anatevkans yearned for ...