Glenbard South to present 'Fiddler on the Roof'

The Glenbard South High School Theatre Department will present the Tony Award-winning "Fiddler on the Roof" as its fall musical.

The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 17 to 19, at Glenbard South, 23W200 Butterfield Road, Glen Ellyn.

Written by Joseph Stein and based on Sholem Aleichem's short story "Tevye and His Daughters," "Fiddler on the Roof" was one of the first Broadway musicals to deal with serious issues such as persecution, poverty and holding onto one's beliefs.

It debuted at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway Sept. 22, 1964, and ran for 3,242 shows, becoming the longest-running musical in 1972.

Set in 1905 in a small Jewish village in Russia, it is the story of dairyman Tevye and his attempts to preserve his family's traditions in a changing world. Tevye's daughter Tzeitel wants to marry a poor tailor instead of the middle-aged butcher her father has chosen for her in the tradition of arranged marriages.

Tevye is forced to choose between his daughter's happiness and his culture's beloved traditions.

Justin Martinez plays Tevye, and Julianna Gutierrez his daughter Tzeitel. Stephen Bean is the Constable and a featured singer.

Tickets are $10, and all seats are reserved. For ticket reservations, visit glenbardsouthhs.org or call (630) 942-6695. Information also is available on Facebook under "Glenbard South Theatre."