Growing Up Fiddler On The Roof

This iconic musical has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for over 55 years with its humour warmth and honesty.

Growing up fiddler on the roof.

Alfred molina and the cast of fiddler on the roof perform tradition bottle dance on the 58th annual tony awards june 6 2004. I hadn t seen fiddler on the roof since my senior year in high school in 1981. Tradition stabilizes us and gives us a sense of routine that is dare i say it fun. Tackles universal themes in ways that reach across barriers of.

Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. Traditions may seem too mainstream for some of us but there is something uniquely comforting about knowing what to expect. It represented our heritage and was ingrained in our dna. Growing up jewish fiddler was more than just a musical.

It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem. Created by broadway legends jerome robbins harold prince jerry bock sheldon harnick and joseph stein fiddler on the roof jr. That s what potential backers said about fiddler on the roof when it was proposed to them in 1964. Traditions traditions without our traditions our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.

It could never bring in a general audience. Based on sholom aleichem s tevye and his daughters fiddler on the roof is the beloved story of the small tradition steeped town of anatevka russia where jews and russians live in delicate balance. Fiddler on the roof opening credits hd.