Tag: Fiddler on the Roof
‘Is this the little play I carried?’: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ turns 60
As the Good Book says …
The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” first proclaimed Shalom Aleichem to Broadway audiences in 1964, with Zero Mostel belting out the iconic “If I Were a Rich Man” song as Tevye...
Chaim Topol, of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ fame, dies at age 87
Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who gained international fame for his portrayal of Tevye in the stage and cinematic versions of the “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on March 9 in Tel Aviv after a...
Is Tevye returning to Europe? Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hopes to head to...
The star of the Yiddish-language “Fiddler on the Roof” production thought it would be no more than a summer curiosity. But after a two-year hiatus induced by the coronavirus pandemic, the award-winning play is...
The ubiquitous ‘Fiddler’ again makes it way to the big screen
How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir...
STM, what we think, what we want, by Theodore Bikel
STM, what we think, what we want as expressed by Theodore Bikel in an interview with Miri Koral, founding director of The California Institute for Yiddish Culture & Language (CIYCL).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9nDdGANeyg
Spotlight Series: Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel...
New Fiddler on the Roof Movie Is Coming from Hamilton Director Thomas Kail
Fiddler On The Roof is moving from Broadway to the big screen. MGM is gearing up to produce a new movie adaptation of the hit musical, with Thomas Kail set to direct. Kail is known...
Broadway is dark, but NYTF will bring the stage to you
Folksbiene! LIVE – an online celebration of Yiddish culture featuring livestreamed theater, American Jewish performers, workshops, and other events – including a talkback with the cast of the award-winning Fiddler on the Roof in...
“Fiddler in Yiddish”, You’ll love “Yiddish Flavors of Love”!
Sunday, September 15, 2019
The "Ides" of September
3:00 p.m.
Performed by
The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Seth Weinstein, Pianist
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City
$40
$30 for groups of at...
A documentary explains how “The Fiddler on the Roof” became a successful musical for...
The musical history of a Jewish family set in a shtetl was a risky gamble when it premiered on Broadway more than half a century ago. But, after initial criticism, “The Fiddler on the...