Fiddler on the roof tells the story of tevye a jewish dairyman and his family living in anatevka a fictional town inside the pale settlement of imperial russia in 1905.
Public reviews of fiddler on the roof.
Carol rosegg anatevka s continues to break with traditional casting.
If one were to ask a.
If you asked a random sampling of theatergoers to name a list of their top ten favorite musicals there is little doubt that fiddler on the roof would be named on every ballot.
However i believe it s more interested for jewish people even because all know about fiddler on the roof.
Joseph stein has combined comedy and heartbreak in an inspiring story about tevye a humble russian jew living in opressing times in russia and his struggle to hold on to his tradition and the love of his family.
The actors are very very good.
Parents need to know that fiddler on the roof tackles numerous social and political issues within a religious context including the concepts of interfaith marriages gender roles socialism religious intolerance and more.
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Fiddler on the roof by elyse sommer.
Fiddler on the roof is in my opinion the best thing to ever to hit broadway.
The sing wonderfully all of them.
Fiddler on the roof brings out all the richness of the original in touring production a scene from the broadway touring production of fiddler on the roof joan marcus.
Rosie o donnell as golde.
Reviews of fiddler on the roof on broadway.
Now rosie o donnell is here to say that you don t have to be either heterosexual or jewish to be an effective golde.
This theater is wonderful i loved it.
There are also dancings very nice.
Harvey fierstein proved that you don t have to be straight to be an endearing teyve.
Smaller children may be spooked by the movie s portrayal of the violence of the russian soldiers and may also be frightened by the film s ending in which the inhabitants.
But would it be heresy on my part to suggest that fiddler isn t much as a musical and that director norman jewison has made as good a film as can be.
Fiddler on the roof national tour brings new moves to a classic musical bartlett sher s fiddler on the roof brings a surprise or two to the hollywood pantages and the.