by Michele Markarian

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ – Book by Joseph Stein. Music by Jerry Bock. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick  Original Direction by Bartlett Sher; Direction Recreated by Sari Ketter and Shirley Butler.  Presented by NETworks Presentations, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Boston through December 26.

I love “Fiddler on the Roof”. I have seen this show more times than I can count, including a middle school production in Rhode Island with a then twelve-year old Andrew Burnap, winner of this year’s Tony award for his role in “Inheritance”, as a very convincing Tevye. It’s a great show, and it’s hard to imagine that any one production could make it even greater. But last night’s show at the Emerson Colonial did exactly that.

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