What is Fiddler on the Roof?
'''Fiddler on the Roof''' is a [[musical]], with [[music]] by [[Jerry Bock]], [[lyrics]] by [[Sheldon Harnick]] and book by [[Joseph Stein]]. It is set in Imperial [[Russia]], 1905. The story revolves around a [[poor]] [[Jewish]] milkman, Tevye, and his five daughters, as he attempts to maintain his Jewish [[tradition]]s. His three eldest daughters marry, but each daughter’s choice of husband moves further and further away from their traditions. The original [[Broadway]] production of the show opened in 1964 and is currently the seventeenth longest running show in Broadway history. It has also been made into [[Fiddler on the Roof (movie)|a film]] in 1971, starring [[Chaim Topol|Topol]]. A [[Yiddish]] language musical was made in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/10/739902587/yiddish-fiddler-on-the-roof-is-a-dream-come-true-for-lead-actor | title=Yiddish 'Fiddler on the Roof' is A 'Dream Come True' for Lead Actor | work=NPR }}</ref> {{performing-arts-stub}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Broadway musicals]]