Fiddler
was produced by Hal Prince, staged by Jerome Robbins, with score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein. It starred Zero Mostel. Mercy! But as brilliantly crafted a show as it is, Tevye and his daughters ran forever for two big reasons. One reason was the success with the theater
party business, which caters to large ticket-buying groups, many of which are Jewish and play right into the hands of a Jewish-themed show like
Fiddler
. The other, larger reason was the warm-hearted universality of the show, which was embodied by its magnificent opening number, “Tradition,” which placed the Russian-Jewish village of Anatevka firmly in the Neighborhood of Man. Such loving care assured that the show would play in Oslo, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires as well as Broadway’s Imperial Theater.
Abbott, George:
The Boys from Syracuse
,
65
,
175
;
Damn Yankees
,
46
;
Music Is
,
179
;
Pal Joey
,
268
;
Where’s Charley
,
185
–86;
On Your Toes
,
217
actors, who write,
219
–22
Adams, Edith,
26
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother
,
261
–62
Agron, Salvador,
103
Aida: The Musical
,
69
–70
Aldredge, Tom,
75
Aleichem, Sholom,
172
Alexander, Cheryl,
101
Alexander, Jason,
225
Allegro
,
265
Allen, Debbie,
227
Allen, Jonelle,
176
Allen, Peter,
103
All My Children
,
75
All That Jazz
,
93
–94
Amadeus
,
93
Amsterdam, Morey,
74
Andersen, Hans Christian,
242
Anderson, Maxwell,
127
,
150
–51,
169
Andersson, Benny,
7
–8,
48
,
149
–50
Andreas, Christine,
216
Andrews, Julie,
108
–9,
114
,
237
,
279
Andy Capp
,
29
animals, musicals about,
240
–45
Animaniacs
,
257
–58
Annie Get Your Gun
,
49
Ann-Margret,
115
–16
Antoinette Perry Award,
1
–6
Apolinar, Danny,
211
Applause
,
167
Arden, Leslie,
66
Aristophanes,
159
Arlen, Harold,
88
Arnaz, Lucie,
205
art forms, other, musicals on,
196
–200
Assassins
,
102
Astaire, Fred,
92
Atkinson, Rowan,
258
Audley, Eleanor,
260
Avenue Q
,
209
–10
Ayers, Lem,
40
Azito, Tony,
53
Babenco, Hector,
208
Babes on Broadway
,
94
Baby
,
194
Bacall, Lauren,
140
Bach, Sebastian,
136
–37
Bacharach, Burt,
81
back stage: movies,
91
–94; personnel,
31
–37
Bacon, Lloyd,
92
Bailey, Pearl,
88
Baker Street
,
67
–68
Bakshi, Ralph,
30
The Ballad of Little Jo
,
191
Ballard, Kaye,
90
Banderas, Antonio,
143
The Band Wagon
,
92
–93
Barnum
,
196
Barrie, J. M.,
205
Bart, Lionel,
166
Bart, Roger,
2
Bates, Kathy,
165
Battle, Hinton,
259
Beach, Gary,
188
Beatlemania
,
182
–83
Beatles,
148
The Beautiful Game
,
46
Bee Gees,
154
Bell, David H.,
28
Bells Are Ringing
,
118
Benedict, Paul,
263
Bennett, Michael,
5
–6,
34
;
A Chorus Line
,
270
–71,
275
–76;
Company
,
266
;
Dreamgirls
,
197
;
Scandal
,
248
Benton, Robert,
27
Bergmann, Ingmar,
246
Berle, Milton,
254
Bernstein, Leonard,
38
,
54
,
83
,
171
,
174
Besoyan, Rick,
218
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
,
79
–80
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
,
132
–33,
247
Bettelheim, Bruno,
21
Big
,
40
–41
big business, musicals about,
76
–82
Billy
,
160
Blake, Eubie,
269
Blazer, Judy,
106
Blitzstein, Marc,
58
,
88
–89,
92
,
147
Bobbie, Walter,
222
Bock, Jerry,
16
,
79
,
98
,
123
,
253
,
279
Bolger, Ray,
185
Boublil, Alain,
66
Bourne, Matthew,
229
Bravo, Luis,
229
Braxton, Toni,
135
Brennan, Eileen,
218
Breuer, Lee,
168
Brice, Fanny,
119
Bricusse, Leslie,
67
,
136
,
141
,
237
Bridge, Andrew,
68
Brightman, Sarah,
68
Bring Back Birdie
,
181
Bring in ’da Noise Bring in ’da Funk
,
230
–31
Brittan, Robert,
96
Broderick, James,
205
Brook, Peter,
190
Buchanan, Jack,
93
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
,
259
Bufman, Zev,
239
Bullmoose, General,
166
Burgess, Anthony,
60
Burke, Johnny,
149
Burr, Charles,
157
Burton, Kate,
203
Burton, Richard,
203
Butler, Michael,
214
Butz, Norbert Leo,
105
Bye Bye Birdie
,
115
–16
Cabin in the Sky
,
170
Caird, John,
276
Camelot
,
165
–66
Candy, John,
261
Capote, Truman,
88
Capp, Al,
166
Carlton, Bob,
177
Carmines, Al,
211
–12
Carnival in Flanders
,
149
Carousel
,
151
–52
Carroll, David,
244
Carroll, David-James,
65
Carroll, Diahann,
266
Carson, Johnny,
149
Carver, Brent,
208
Carvey, Dana,
72
Cascio, Anna Theresa,
66
Casey, Warren,
278
Casper, the Musical
,
27
–28
Cassidy, Patrick,
200
Cassidy, Shaun,
200
cast albums,
83
–90
Cavanaugh, Michael,
232
Celebration
,
21
–23
Cervantes, Miguel,
107
Champion, Gower,
16
,
87
,
154
,
178
,
189
–90
Channing, Carol,
109
Channing, Stockard,
72
Charisse, Cyd,
93
Chenoweth, Kristin,
224
Chicago
,
210
A Chorus Line
,
210
–11,
270
–71,
275
–76
Christopher, Sybil,
203
The Civil War
,
183
–84
Clark, Petula,
138
Coburn, Charles,
151
The Cocoanuts
,
97
Cohan, George M.,
49
–50,
125
,
220
Cole, Stephen,
28
Coleman, Cy:
Barnum
,
196
;
City of Angels
,
197
;
I Love My Wife
,
249
,
253
;
Sweet Charity
,
39
;
Welcome to the Club
,
183
;
Wildcat
,
130
Colette,
157
Collins, Judy,
150
Comden, Betty,
38
,
118
,
153
,
181
,
252
comics, musicals based on,
24
–30
Connelly, Marc,
170
Contact
,
228
–29
Corman, Roger,
101
Cotton Patch Gospel
,
64
Courtenay, Tom,
29
Courts, Randy,
106
Cox, Nikki,
226
–27
Crabtree, Howard,
208
Cradle Will Rock
,
92
Crane, Bob,
260
Crane, Richard,
163
Cricket
,
51
Cross, David,
263
Crothers, Scatman,
72
Crouse, Russel,
57
Crouse, Timothy,
57
Crowley, Bob,
70
Crumb, Robert,
29
–30
Cryer, Gretchen,
261
Cullum, John,
254
Cumming, Alan,
55
Curtis, Tony,
97
Cusack, John,
92
Cyrano
,
60
–61;
the Musical
,
60
–61
Da Costa, Morton,
118
Dames at Sea
,
161
dance captain,
35
dance musicals,
228
–32
Dance of the Vampires
,
184
Dancin
’,
228