The title is from the Broadway stage production of "Fiddler on the Roof" which opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on September 22, 1964 and ran for 3,242 performances, setting a record for the longest running show on Broadway passing "Life With Father" that held the record for 25 years. In the original cast as Tevye was Zero Mostel. Bea Arthur, best known to audiences as Dorothy on TV's "The Golden Girls" (1985), played Yente the Matchmaker. "Fiddler on the Roof" won the 1965 Tony Awards (New York City) for the Best Musical, Best Author and Best Score. The original Broadway production is the fourteenth longest running show ever.
