Tevye, a new musical, will make its world premiere in a staged reading during the Stages 2005 Theatre Festival at the Chicago Theatre Building, 1225 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Ill., on Saturday Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday Aug. 14 at 9 a.m. Tickets are $15.
(PRWEB) July 29, 2005 -- Oy vey, what took so long?
Tevye, Sholom Aleichem's beloved Papa, returns to the stage in a poignant new musical telling the story of his struggle to reconcile family and faith with life in the New World.
This expansion of Aleichem's characters takes place in the Bronx, New York in 1918.
The story involves Tevye, who is now a widower, his romance with Shayna Goldstein, star of the New York Yiddish Theatre, and his struggle to deal with his grandson, Nicholas, who has come to live with Tevye after the death of his parents, Chava and Fyedka.
The staged reading will be directed by off-Broadway director, Henry Fonte and will star Avi Hoffman, star of his one-man show and PBS special, "Too Jewish."
The music in Tevye was written by Thomas Adams, the lyrics were written by J.M. Eisenman and the book was written by J.M. Eisenman & Thomas Adams.
Adams and Eisenman have had 3 prior musical theatre presentations in Los Angeles and are award-winning songwriters. Tevye was one of only eight shows chosen to be presented in the Stages 2005 Theatre Festival at the Theatre Building Chicago.
Staged readings will be held Saturday Aug. 13, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday Aug. 14, 2005 at 9 a.m. Tickets are $ 15 and can be purchased from the Theatre Building Chicago (773) 327-5252.
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