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Sunrise, Sunset: Sister of Jerome Robbins Dies as Fiddler on the Roof Revival Opens at the Minskoff

| New York City |

February 27, 2004

Last night, just before the opening performance of the new Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Minskoff Theatre, Sonia Cullinen — the sister of Jerome Robbins, who choreographed and directed the original production of Fiddler in 1964 — suffered a heart attack at the theater.

Paramedics arrived and took Cullinen from the Minskoff to Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. She was 91.

A statement released by the producers of Fiddler on the Roof reads as follows: “On behalf of the entire company of Fiddler on the Roof, we offer our deepest sympathy and condolences to Ms. Cullinen’s family.”

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