IF YOU GOWhat: “Fiddler on the Roof.”When: Through Dec. 9.Where: Cumberland County Playhouse, 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn.Admission: $24 adults, $23 seniors, $22 groups, $12 children/students.Phone: 931-484-5000.Website: www.ccplayhouse.com.ALSO PLAYING* “Smoke on the Mountain,” through Oct. 29.* “Dearly Departed,” through Nov. 12.
“Fiddler on the Roof,” a nine-time Tony Award winner, is the newest entry to the lineup at Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tenn.
The production, which plays through Dec. 9, reunites the Playhouse’s Carol Irvin and producing director Jim Crabtree as the central couple, Golde and Tevye, leading a company of 50 on and offstage.
In this musical of faith, family and tradition, Tevye is father to five daughters amid changing times in 1905 Tsarist Russia. He defends family and religion, but his three oldest daughters find love outside the Jewish traditions that he and Golde honor.
Daughter Tzeitel (alternates Leila Nelson and Emily Woods) loves Motel the tailor (Greg Pendzick), but Yente, the village matchmaker (Weslie Webster), suggests wealthy butcher Lazar Wolf (Jason Ross).