Fiddler On The Roof Surry Maine

New surry theatre nst was founded in 1972 by actor director bill raiten.

Fiddler on the roof surry maine.

At the theater at the blue hill town hall. Stars in the house continues tonight 8pm with a fiddler on the roof in yiddish cast reunion with joel grey samantha hahn steven skybell and rachel zatcoff. Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison it is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem starring topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon and paul mann the film. Fiddler on the roof at new surry theatre.

Nst began as a theater school with students coming from maine new york pennsylvania and california. Dates 4 21 2017 8 12 2017 theatre new surry theatre 18 union street. Tevye the philosophical village milkman explains the customs of the jewish people and their lives in the russian shtetl of anatevka in 1905 where life is as precarious as the perch of a fiddler on a roof tradition at tevye s home everyone is busy preparing for the sabbath meal. Fiddler on the roof explores the everlasting themes of family tradition love and culture.

With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon. His sharp tongued wife golde norma crane orders their five daughters 19 year old tzeitel. The acting lessons that first summer culminated in ten sold out performances of fiddler on the roof in a rustic barn in surry maine. Fiddler on the roof from the new surry theatre will run april 21 22 april 28 29 may 5 6 and may 12 13 at 7 p m and april 23 and 30 at 7 p m.

In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village. Fiddler on the roof was created by jerry bock sheldon harnick and joseph stein for the broadway stage but it just may be the best musical ever written for a small town amateur theater company. Fiddler on the roof was the first performance raiten ever directed for new surry theatre.