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Fiddler on the Roof is based on Tevye (or Tevye the Dairyman) and his Daughters, a series of stories by Sholem Aleichem that he wrote in Yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about Jewish life in a village in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia at the turn of the 20th century.
- Sholem Aleichem is actually a pseudonym -- In Yiddish, the name literally translates as “peace be with you,” but colloquially means, simply, “hello!”
- The original production played 900 sell outs (26 months). By then, the show had returned a profit of 352 percent to investors; it would eventually run more than 3200 performances.
- The famous “Bottle Dance” is not a traditional Jewish folk dance but the razzle-dazzle creation of director-choreographer Jerome Robbins. Robbins had previously staged West Side Story and Gypsy.
- Fiddler was a sensation in Tokyo, of all places. Since its debut there in 1967, it has been produced in Japan hundreds of times, including a major production just last year.
- Fiddler on the Roof Was Based on a Series of Stories Written by "The Jewish Mark Twain." Like Samuel Clemens, Sholem Rabinovich was better known by his pen name.
- A Black and White Movie Adapted the Same Plot In 1939. Simply titled Tevye, it’s a more somber take on the hero’s struggle to accept a rapidly-changing world while his beloved daughters leave home one by one.
- Rejected Titles for the Musical Included Where Papa Came From and The Old Country. Lyricist Sheldon Harnick and composer Jerry Bock weighed several possible titles for the show during the writing stage.
- A Huge Number of Songs Were Deleted. The writers conceived around 50 individual numbers, though all but 15 wound up on the cutting room floor. "A Butcher’s Soul" and "Dear Sweet Sewing Machine" were among those discarded.
May 9, 2024 · “Fiddler on the Roof” is a classic Broadway musical with origins in Sholem Aleichem’s stories about Tevye the Dairyman. Opening in 1964, this show takes viewers to the small Jewish village of Anatevka in 1905, nestled in Tsarist Russia.
Apr 29, 2022 · Yes, it is set in a pre-revolutionary impoverished (imaginary) Russian shtetl, Anatevka. But almost anyone can relate to Tevye, a Jewish dairy farmer, whose values are rooted in tradition, yet is...
Sep 6, 2024 · Fiddler on the Roof is an award-winning musical depicting a family’s story of marriages and displacement in the context of the trials of Jewish life in eastern Europe in the early 20th century. Based on Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem’s tales of Tevye the dairyman, Fiddler on the Roof explores multiple universal themes.
Oct 8, 2015 · Jewish Americans clasped “Fiddler” in a warm, even proprietary embrace, charmed by its portrayal of religious customs and rituals they might not have followed but were thrilled to see prized ...
