Levittown Students Present 'Fiddler on the Roof'

Under the direction of Lisa Levenberg, MacArthur High School’s talented cast and crew drew a packed house for opening night of the epic musical “Fiddler on the Roof.”

After a successful preview performance for senior citizens, the 100-member cast, crew and pit orchestra entertained audiences with their rendition of Joseph Stein’s book based on the Sholem Aleichem stories, with original music and lyrics by Jerry Block and Sheldon Harnick.

Set in the Pale of Imperial Russia in 1905, “Fiddler on the Roof” tells the tale of Tevye (played by Ted Fiber), the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family’s Jewish traditions while outside influences encroach on their lives. Tevye’s sharp-tongued wife Golde (Bridget Iaboni) and five daughters (Nicole Cevetello, Audra Gale, Mackenzie Zorn, Michelle Shapiro and Victoria DiMartino) deliver a performance with matchmaker Yente (Laura Papayannakos) that holds true to the original New York stage production by Jerome Robbins. Under the direction of conductor Iris Winter, the pit orchestra delivered such classics including “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “L’Chaim.”

The success of the production was due in part to lighting/sound assistant and costume master Chris Brown, choreographers Ryan Nolan and Jennifer Mitchell, producer Nicole Savage and rehearsal accompanist Sean Fitzpatrick.

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