List of awards and nominations received by Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof was one of the most successful musicals of the "golden age of musicals". Its original Broadway production in 1964 was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed.^[1] A successful 1971 film adaptation, and the show has enjoyed enduring international popularity, continuing to be a very popular choice for school and community productions.^[2]

The original production was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning nine, including Best Musical, score, book, direction, and Robbins won for best direction and choreography. Zero Mostel and Maria Karnilova won as best leading actor and featured actress. In 1972, the show won a special Tony on becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Its revivals have also been honored. At the 1981 Tony Awards, Bernardi was nominated as best actor. Ten years later, the 1991 revival won for best revival, and Topol was nominated as best actor. The 2004 revival was nominated for six Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards but won none. The 2007 West End revival was nominated for Olivier Awards for best revival, and Goodman was nominated as best actor.

The musical's major awards and nominations are listed below:

Original Broadway production

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
1965	Tony Award	Best Musical		Won
		Best Book of a Musical	Joseph Stein	Won
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Zero Mostel	Won
		Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Maria Karnilova	Won
		Best Producer	Harold Prince	Won
		Best Director	Jerome Robbins	Won
		Best Composer and Lyricist	Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick	Won
		Best Choreography	Jerome Robbins	Won
		Best Costume Design	Patricia Zipprodt	Won
		Best Scenic Design	Boris Aronson	Nominated
1972	Tony Award (special)	Longest-running Musical in Broadway History		Won

1981 Broadway revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
1981	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Herschel Bernardi	Nominated

1990 Broadway revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
1991	Tony Award	Best Revival of a Musical		Won
1991	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Topol	Nominated

2004 Broadway revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Tony Award	Best Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Alfred Molina	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	John Cariani	Nominated
		Best Scenic Design	Tom Pye	Nominated
		Best Lighting Design	Brian MacDevitt	Nominated
		Best Orchestrations	Don Walker and Larry Hochman	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Alfred Molina	Nominated
		Outstanding Set Design	Tom Pye	Nominated

2007 London revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2008	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Musical Revival		Nominated
2008	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actor in a Musical	Henry Goodman	Nominated

2015 Broadway revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2016	Tony Award^[3]	Best Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Best Actor in a Musical	Danny Burstein	Nominated
		Best Choreography	Hofesh Shechter	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award^[4]	Outstanding Revival of a Musical		Nominated
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Danny Burstein	Won
		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Bartlett Sher	Won
	Drama League Award^[5]	Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical		Nominated
	Drama League Award^[5]	Distinguished Performance	Danny Burstein	Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award^[6]	Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award^[6]	Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Danny Burstein	Won
2017	Grammy Award^[7]	Best Musical Theater Album		Nominated

2018 Yiddish production

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2019	Lucille Lortel Awards^[8]	Outstanding Revival		Nominated
		Outstanding Director	Joel Grey	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical	Steven Skybell	Won
		Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Jackie Hoffman	Nominated
	Drama League Award^[9]	Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical		Nominated
	Drama League Award^[9]	Distinguished Performance Award	Steven Skybell	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award^[10]	Outstanding Revival of a Musical		Won
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Steven Skybell	Nominated
		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Joel Grey	Nominated
		Outstanding Orchestrations	Larry Blank	Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award^[11]	Outstanding Revival of a Musical		Won
		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Joel Grey	Nominated
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	Steven Skybell	Nominated
	Chita Rivera Awards^[12]	Outstanding Ensemble		Nominated
	Off-Broadway Alliance Awards^[13]	Best Musical Revival		Won
	New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards^[14]	Special Citation		Won

2019 West End revival

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2019	Evening Standard Theatre Awards^[15]^[16]	Best Musical		Nominated
2019	Evening Standard Theatre Awards^[15]^[16]	Best Musical Performance	Andy Nyman	Nominated
2020	Laurence Olivier Awards^[17]	Best Musical Revival		Won
		Best Actor in a Musical	Andy Nyman	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Musical	Judy Kuhn	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Stewart Clarke	Nominated
		Best Director	Trevor Nunn	Nominated
		Best Theatre Choreographer	Matt Cole	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Jonathan Lipman	Nominated
		Best Original Score or New Orchestrations	Jason Carr	Nominated

Notes

^ Kantor, p. 302: "The 1960s was the decade that nurtured long-running blockbusters in unprecedented quantities: ten musicals passed the rarefied 1,000 performance mark, three of them passed the 2,000 mark (Hello, Dolly!, a Merrick smash, grossed $27 million on Broadway), and one, Fiddler on the Roof, passed the 3,000 mark, earning back $1,574 for every dollar put into it."
^ TIME magazine reported in its May 26, 2008, issue, p. 51, that this musical ranked as the seventh most frequently produced musical by U.S. high schools in 2007.
^ "'Hamilton' Leads the Tony Award Nominations". nytimes.com. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
^ Viagas, Robert (April 28, 2016). "She Loves Me Leads Drama Desk Nominations". Playbill.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
^ Gans, Andrew (April 20, 2016). "2016 Drama League Awards Nominations Announced". Playbill.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
^ Viagas, Robert (May 9, 2016). "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^ "2019 Nominees : Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
^ "The Drama League Awards: 2019". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
^ Fierberg, Ruth (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 13, 2019). "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "2019 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominees & Recipients - The Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 22, 2019). "What the Constitution Means to Me, Yiddish Fiddler & More Win Off-Broadway Alliance Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ Lefkowitz, Andy (May 6, 2019). "The Ferryman, Tootsie, Constitution Win 2019 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards; Yiddish Fiddler Earns Special Citation". broadway.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
^ "Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard - Theatre's Biggest Night". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

References

Kantor, Michael; Laurence Maslon (2004). Broadway: the American musical. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. ISBN 0-8212-2905-2.

External links

[1] Kantor, p. 302: "The 1960s was the decade that nurtured long-running blockbusters in unprecedented quantities: ten musicals passed the rarefied 1,000 performance mark, three of them passed the 2,000 mark (Hello, Dolly!, a Merrick smash, grossed $27 million on Broadway), and one, Fiddler on the Roof, passed the 3,000 mark, earning back $1,574 for every dollar put into it."

[2] TIME magazine reported in its May 26, 2008, issue, p. 51, that this musical ranked as the seventh most frequently produced musical by U.S. high schools in 2007.

[3] "'Hamilton' Leads the Tony Award Nominations". nytimes.com. May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.

[4] Viagas, Robert (April 28, 2016). "She Loves Me Leads Drama Desk Nominations". Playbill.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

[5] Gans, Andrew (April 20, 2016). "2016 Drama League Awards Nominations Announced". Playbill.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

[6] Viagas, Robert (May 9, 2016). "Bright Star and The Humans Win Top 2016 NY Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.

[8] "2019 Nominees : Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

[9] "The Drama League Awards: 2019". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

[10] Fierberg, Ruth (June 2, 2019). "Tootsie, Hadestown, and The Ferryman Lead 2019 Drama Desk Award Winners". Retrieved June 4, 2019.

[11] Lefkowitz, Andy (May 13, 2019). "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Retrieved June 4, 2019.

[12] "2019 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominees & Recipients - The Lucille Lortel Awards". lortelaward.com. May 5, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.

[13] Lefkowitz, Andy (May 22, 2019). "What the Constitution Means to Me, Yiddish Fiddler & More Win Off-Broadway Alliance Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.

[14] Lefkowitz, Andy (May 6, 2019). "The Ferryman, Tootsie, Constitution Win 2019 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards; Yiddish Fiddler Earns Special Citation". broadway.com. Retrieved June 4, 2019.

[15] "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

[16] Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

[17] "Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard - Theatre's Biggest Night". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

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v t e Fiddler on the Roof
Characters	Tevye
Adaptations	Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film)
Songs	"Tradition" "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" "If I Were a Rich Man" "To Life" "Sunrise, Sunset" "Do You Love Me?"
Related	Sholem Aleichem Accolades A Shoggoth on the Roof Tevya (film) Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Category

v t e Tony Award for Best Musical
1949–1975	Kiss Me, Kate (1949) South Pacific (1950) Guys and Dolls (1951) The King and I (1952) Wonderful Town (1953) Kismet (1954) The Pajama Game (1955) Damn Yankees (1956) My Fair Lady (1957) The Music Man (1958) Redhead (1959) The Sound of Music / Fiorello! (1960) Bye Bye Birdie (1961) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963) Hello, Dolly! (1964) Fiddler on the Roof (1965) Man of La Mancha (1966) Cabaret (1967) Hallelujah, Baby! (1968) 1776 (1969) Applause (1970) Company (1971) Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972) A Little Night Music (1973) Raisin (1974) The Wiz (1975)
1976–2000	A Chorus Line (1976) Annie (1977) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) Evita (1980) 42nd Street (1981) Nine (1982) Cats (1983) La Cage aux Folles (1984) Big River (1985) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986) Les Misérables (1987) The Phantom of the Opera (1988) Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989) City of Angels (1990) The Will Rogers Follies (1991) Crazy for You (1992) Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993) Passion (1994) Sunset Boulevard (1995) Rent (1996) Titanic (1997) The Lion King (1998) Fosse (1999) Contact (2000)
2001–present	The Producers (2001) Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) Hairspray (2003) Avenue Q (2004) Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) Jersey Boys (2006) Spring Awakening (2007) In the Heights (2008) Billy Elliot the Musical (2009) Memphis (2010) The Book of Mormon (2011) Once (2012) Kinky Boots (2013) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (2014) Fun Home (2015) Hamilton (2016) Dear Evan Hansen (2017) The Band's Visit (2018) Hadestown (2019) Moulin Rouge! (2020/21) A Strange Loop (2022) Kimberly Akimbo (2023) The Outsiders (2024)

v t e Tony Award for Best Original Score
1947–1975	Street Scene by Kurt Weill (1947) Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter (1949) South Pacific by Richard Rodgers (1950) Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin (1951) No Strings by Richard Rodgers (1962) Oliver! by Lionel Bart (1963) Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (1964) Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1965) Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1966) Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1967) Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1968) Company by Stephen Sondheim (1971) Follies by Stephen Sondheim (1972) A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (1973) Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (1974) The Wiz by Charlie Smalls (1975)
1976–2000	A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (1976) Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin (1977) On the Twentieth Century by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1978) Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (1979) Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (1980) Woman of the Year by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1981) Nine by Maury Yeston (1982) Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot (1983) La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman (1984) Big River by Roger Miller (1985) The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986) Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil (1987) Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1988) No Award (1989) City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel (1990) The Will Rogers Follies by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1991) Falsettos by William Finn (1992) Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend (1993) Passion by Stephen Sondheim (1994) Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton (1995) Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996) Titanic by Maury Yeston (1997) Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (1998) Parade by Jason Robert Brown (1999) Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice (2000)
2001–present	The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001) Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002) Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003) Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004) The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005) The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006) Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007) In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008) Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009) Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011) Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012) Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013) The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014) Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015) Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016) Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017) The Band's Visit by David Yazbek (2018) Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (2019) A Christmas Carol by Christopher Nightingale (2020/21) Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (2022) Kimberly Akimbo by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire (2023) Suffs by Shaina Taub (2024)

v t e Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
1950–1975	South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan (1950) Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart (1964) Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein (1965) Company by George Furth (1971) Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare and Mel Shapiro (1972) A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler (1973) Candide by Hugh Wheeler (1974) Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell and Philip Rose (1975)
1976–2000	A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante (1976) Annie by Thomas Meehan (1977) On the Twentieth Century by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1978) Sweeney Todd by Hugh Wheeler (1979) Evita by Tim Rice (1980) Woman of the Year by Peter Stone (1981) Dreamgirls by Tom Eyen (1982) Cats by T. S. Eliot (1983) La Cage aux Folles by Harvey Fierstein (1984) Big River by William Hauptman (1985) The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986) Les Misérables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1987) Into the Woods by James Lapine (1988) No Award (1989) City of Angels by Larry Gelbart (1990) The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman (1991) Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine (1992) Kiss of the Spider Woman by Terrence McNally (1993) Passion by James Lapine (1994) Sunset Boulevard by Don Black and Christopher Hampton (1995) Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996) Titanic by Peter Stone (1997) Ragtime by Terrence McNally (1998) Parade by Alfred Uhry (1999) James Joyce's The Dead by Richard Nelson (2000)
2001–present	The Producers by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (2001) Urinetown by Greg Kotis (2002) Hairspray by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell (2003) Avenue Q by Jeff Whitty (2004) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin (2005) The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (2006) Spring Awakening by Steven Sater (2007) Passing Strange by Stew (2008) Billy Elliot the Musical by Lee Hall (2009) Memphis by Joe DiPietro (2010) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011) Once by Enda Walsh (2012) Matilda the Musical by Dennis Kelly (2013) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Robert L. Freedman (2014) Fun Home by Lisa Kron (2015) Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016) Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson (2017) The Band's Visit by Itamar Moses (2018) Tootsie by Robert Horn (2019) Jagged Little Pill by Diablo Cody (2020/21) A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson (2022) Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire (2023) Suffs by Shaina Taub (2024)