Fiddler on the Roof Welcomes Judy Kuhn to the Shtetl
(© David Gordon)
Four-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn joins the Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof as family matriarch Golde beginning tonight, November 22. She takes over for original cast member Jessica Hecht, who departed the production to begin preparations for Roundabout Theatre Company's spring 2017 revival of The Price. Kuhn will perform the role through Fiddler's final performance on December 31.
Kuhn recently ended her Tony-nominated run as Helen in the Tony-winning musical Fun Home, which played its final performance at Circle in the Square Theatre on September 10. Kuhn's other Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company's 1993 revival of She Loves Me, the American premieres of Chess and Les Misérables, Rags, Two Shakespearean Actors, King David, and the original production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Kuhn is also well known as the singing voice of Pocahontas in the 1995 animated film.
Featuring a book by Joseph Stein and a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof is inspired by Sholom Alecheim's stories of the milkman Tevye, who tries to hold on to "tradition" as the world around him and his family in the little village of Anatevka changes.
Directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher, the revival production opened on December 20, 2015, at the Broadway Theatre, earning three Tony nominations, including Best Revival of a Musical. It is the winner of 2015 Drama Desk Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Danny Burstein) and Best Director of a Musical (Sher).
In addition to Kuhn as Golde, the current cast of Fiddler on the Roof is led by Burstein as Tevye, along with Adam Dannheisser (Lazar Wolf), Adam Kantor (Motel), Karl Kenzler (Constable), Alix Korey (Yente), Samantha Massell (Hodel), Melanie Moore (Chava), George Psomas (Avram), Ben Rappaport (Perchik), Nick Rehberger (Fyedka), and Alexandra Silber (Tzeitel).
