2007 CRT Season

Fiddler on the Roof

Based on the Sholom Aleichem stories by special permission of Arnold Perl
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Originally produced on the New York Stage by Harold Prince
Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins

Directed and Original Choreography reproduced by Jim Bumgardner

Assistant Director: Jeffrey Victor
Musical Director: Patrick Young
Dance Captain: Jefferson McDonald
Scenic Designer: Carl Tallent
Costumes Coordinated by Jimmy Johansmeyer
Lighting Designer: John Horan
Sound Designer: Michael J. Speach, Jr.
Properties Designer: Buist Bickley
Technical Director: Kevin T. Rees
Assistant Stage Manager: Sten Wall
Production Manager: Jennifer Casalenuovo
Stage Manager: Eric Behnke

Starring

Claus Evans
Jean Liuzzi
Lindsay Zaroogian
Gregory Trimmer
Catherine Lena Stephani
Nicholas Palazzo
Ephie Aardema
Liam Cronin
Suzan Perry
Ted Nappi
Mark Bader

Reviews

“CRT’s “Fiddler’ is a deeply moving, deeply enjoyable production of one of the greatest of American musicals. And in CRT’s intimate, semi-surround theatre, you’re so close to the action that you see and hear all the subtleties. You almost feel like a villager in Anatevka.”
- Neil Novelli, The Post Standard

“Director Jim Bumgardner carefully guides his cast into performances that economically go to the heart without lapsing into sentimentality or preciousness. Big-voiced Claus Evans performs with power and conviction. His rendition of “If I Were a Rich Man” is not just a comic turn, but a crisply articulated vision of the way things should be if God would only take his suggestions.”
- Len Fonte, Syracuse New Times

“Some productions may have been grander than the CRT production now gracing the stage in Little York. But few could have been more honest and heartfelt”.
- Tom Woods, CNY Theatre News and Reviews

Photos

Production photography by David Blatchley.