Huddle Fiddler On The Roof

Fiddler on the roof on tour.

Huddle fiddler on the roof.

The much loved story of tevye the milkman s struggle to reconcile old jewish ways with the modern world opened on broadway in 1964 and held the record for longest running musical with 3 242 performances until it closed in 1970 for nearly 10 years. Fiddler on the roof is a film adaptation of a broadway musical based on short stories from tevye and his daughters 1894 or tevye the milkman by russian yiddish author sholem aleichem 1859 1916 alias solomon rabinowitz. Fiddler on the roof 1971 fiddler on the roof. Fiddler on the roof fiddler on the roof either refers to the 1960 s broadway play or the 1971 film.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison. Some other names of the production include tevye and his daughters and tevye and the fiddler. The musical was adapted for the film by american playwright joseph stein who also novelized the story. The original broadway musical was based on a play written by arnold perl.

It is an adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem. In broadway terms fiddler on the roof is a tradition unto itself.