Dance with fiddler on the roof next week
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The final rehearsal has started and the countdown has began towards opening night of the Cayman Drama Society's production of Fiddler on the Roof.
One of the best loved musicals of all time, with the favourites Sunrise, Sunset and If I were a Rich Man in the score, it tells the story of Tevye, a milkman in rural Russia at the turn of the centuLY. Tevye lives in a small village of Anatevka, a Jewish community far away from the big Russian cities and their politics.
In fact when one of the villagers asks the rabbi if there is a prayer for the tsar, the reply is "a prayer for the tsar, of course my son: May God bless and keep the tsar, far away from us!"
Life goes on as it does in any small community, Tevye is nagged by his wife, the matchmaker is trying to find husbands for his five daughters, and every day Tevye argues with God about the state of things and his worries in life.
During the course of the story, his three eldest daughters find their own husbands, an unthinkable innovation that had never happened before in the village.
How Tevye deals with this, and also the Russian constable and soldiers who actually have control over the village, forms the basis of the story. Tevye is played by Alan Hall with Anita Wheaton as his wife, Golde. Directed by Jon Vaughan, with a cast and crew of over fifty people, it promises to be one of the most entertaining and large-scale productions ever put on at the Harquail Theatre.
Members of the Music Club are lending their voices and expertise to the musical direction of Fran McConvey.
Previewing on May 12, with a gala opening organised by the Kiwaniannes on May 13, Fiddler on the Roof will run until May 28, with matinees on 21 May and 28. Tickets will soon be available outside the library or call 96305 for information or reservations.
