Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of Fiddler on the Roof, the seminal 1964 Broadway musical about a Russian man who attempts to maintain his Jewish way of life circa 1905. It is based on Yiddish stories by Sholem…
Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of Fiddler on the Roof, the seminal 1964 Broadway musical about a Russian man who attempts to maintain his Jewish way of life circa 1905. It is based on Yiddish stories by Sholem Aleichem, and was adapted into a film in 1971.
With news that the beloved Israeli icon worked for Mossad, we wrote a musical response
The unofficial historian of 'Fiddler on the Roof' remembers Chaim Topol's story of how he became a star
The star of 'Fiddler on the Roof' brought his Israeli self to a musical film about the Jewish Diaspora.
Chaim Topol, who starred in the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, died Thursday at 87
The Israeli star of stage and screen played iconic roles, such as Tevye the Dairyman and Sallah Shabati, and dedicated much of his later life to charity work
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
Is the Republican pandering to the Jews he's accused of dog whistling?
Steven Skybell, who played Tevye in a production scuppered by the pandemic, spent lockdown learning Yiddish songs
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