Today in 2004, Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Minskoff Theatre, where it ran for 781 performances. Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters or Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM on February 26, 2012