Fiddler on the Roof | 2004 Tony Awards

Alfred Molina and the company perform "Tradition" / "The Bottle Dance" at the 2004 Tony Awards.

[@kenthefele113]

You know I’m something of a fiddler myself.

[@coll912]

You know how much you've sacrificed?

[@NPA1001]

The Power of The Tony’s.. in the Palm of his hand…

[@katielawrence5420]

I love Alfred Molina.

[@nunya5270]

Saaame!!! He's a phenomenal performer!!! 😍

[@panic_kinggg]

i love the fact that a majority of these comments are spiderman related-- this was the true crossover of the century

[@l0u13__3]

If I were a rich man, I’d buy all the tritium in the world

[@Admin-Kuni-6172]

and get better safety equipment and better lab

[@guilamonster654]

Goated* comment

[@Mugshot_Productions]

The bloopers for Spider-Man show Alfred moline singing if I was a rich man as doctor octopus

[@PedroChuVPS]

If I was a Doc Ock...

[@AZITHEMLGPRO]

So this is what he does in his free time

[@loraross3598]

I was lucky enough to see this show on B'Way! Molina and the rest of the cast were GREAT!!! I LOVE NYC!!! I'm not a fan of the movie with Topel, but the music saves it. The live Fiddler show is my most favorite musical. Molina is VERY talented, and Fiddler beats the pants off of Spiderman!!!

[@emilywebster1056]

Actually it’s topol not topel

[@loraross3598]

Go chew on a dictionary!@@emilywebster1056

[@tysonthomas7094]

Saw this on Broadway, a guy I was in the theater with was a bottle dancer, the one on the left (what up Ricky Brown), this is an amazing musical and this needs to be remade as a movie! Come on Steven Speilberg... you know you can win some Oscars with this show! It was the most amazing musical I have ever been in! Simply perfect! Oh yeah, I got to meet Alfred Molina... he was gentle, kind and just loved everyone that wanted to talk with him. What a great human being!

[@jtomyhope575]

the 1971 movie is so iconic already, I think it'd be difficult to make something as beloved. That being said, I'm always down for ways that the musical can reach as many people as possible :)

[@tysonthomas7094]

@@jtomyhope575 So was West Side Story and Speilberg definitely made it his own but also honoring the original. The 71 movie was incredible. Loved it!

[@WaxWingz]

cranking my earbuds above max for this one ladies and gentlemen

[@kl-ij7yy]

I got chills i love alfred molina

[@kidder83]

I remember my old man watching this, I believe he recorded it on VHS. Fiddler was one of his favorite stories

[@earlgabriel9465]

I thought i was trippin for a sec and thought that the man was Alfred molina and it was him!!

[@loraross3598]

He's a very talented man!

[@Tripp393]

I got to see this live. Man what happened to this country.

[@FantaFruitBoi]

The fiddlers in the tunnels

[@steveabrams777]

brilliantly beautiful!

[@o.lyandzberg2784]

For anyone interested what they sing at 1:45, when everyone sings at the same time and words seem incomprehensible: it's actully a very clever harmony. People are divided into 4 groups, "papas", "mamas", "sons" and "daughters", and each one sings their own part: Papas (including Molina): Who day and night must scramble for a living, Feed a wife and children, say his daily prayers? And who has the right as master of the house To have the final word at home? Mamas: Who must know the way to make a proper home, A quiet home, a kocher home, Who must raise the family and run the home, So Papa's free to read the holy book? Sons: At three I started Hebrew school, At ten I learned a trade. I hear they picked a bride for me, I hope she's pretty. Daughters: And who does mama teach To mend and tend and fix, Preparing her to marry Whoever papa picks? Followed by, respectfully, "The papas", " the mamas", "the sons", "the daughters" and then, at 2:02, "the bla-blas", as 4 groups sing who they are at the same time again. It's cool and it sounds even cooler in the studio version, which I invite you to listen to. To do it, search on youtube "Fiddler on the roof (New Broadway recording)", song is called "Tradition". What follows next is a dance that actually shouldn't be there, since it's performed at the wedding (around the middle of the spectacle) in the actual musical. But the transitions are seamless and it looks epic.

[@WaxWingz]

You're so awesome for this bro

[@michaelkelly8956]

Oh crap oh crap call Spiderman that's Doctor Octopus!!

[@Bunnihophero]

I can find no better Tevah than Alfred Molina

[@ChienaAvtzon]

I love Alfred Molina, but he never should have been cast as Tevye. That role should only be portrayed by Jewish actors/singers.

[@Bunnihophero]

@@ChienaAvtzon thats fair! I was unaware he WASNT jewish, thank you for educating me

[@danielhead8123]

He's Spanish heritage

[@danielhead8123]

Except for the performances in Japan and Chaim Topol once said you swap Judaism for another tradition and people could still relate to it, people of heritages have played the part so it's a dumb thing to say here in the UK we had a Iranian play the part

[@daneschmidt3706]

@@danielhead8123I mean MANY of the classic Tevyes have been Jewish though…Zero Mostel (‘65 and ‘72 Broadway), Harvey Fierstein (‘04 Broadway, ‘09 Tour), Danny Burstein (‘16 Broadway), Steven Skybell (‘18 Off-Broadway Yiddish Production), and the man many people consider to be the GOAT, Chaim Topol (‘67 London, ‘71 Movie, ‘91 Broadway, ‘06 Tour)

[@paintkim9211]

Doc Ock🐙 On The Roof

[@kaivaughn3782]

He was great in Cabin Boy

[@EsquirePrime]

An Octopus on the roof... sounds crazy, no?

[@fredstone4395]

I wonder if he even remembers doing this

[@luciaianniello4019]

Is there someone who knows where I can find the full musical? I need it

[@denime2727]

Have you found it I'm searching for it too

[@secondary_friend5169]

Let us know if you've found it 😭😭

[@kelepona3424]

Still looking for it lmao

[@sigmaisdumb9021]

I'm trying to find it too..

[@michellemendoza8700]

Have you found it?

[@Meganhovick]

I hate that the cut away on the big stomps

[@emilywebster1056]

That was fabulous especially with the bottle dance

[@rachelshort614]

Genuine question because the video quality is a little blurry. Are the daughters not wearing kerchiefs or are they just not as prominant as the mamas'? I can't tell whether or not they are wearing them.

[@nabielbuyhaqi6883]

I here because meme

[@ScratchthechalkBoard]

Lea Michele

[@laramaldonado7310]

Dr octopus

[@Nikodymus]

Too bad Alec Guinness wasn’t so accepting of both stage and cinematic success.

[@classickaiju9656]

Kiddy fiddler on the roof

[@themerryuniverse]

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