Fiddler on the Roof
Folksbiene Plans Ambitious Season To Follow Yiddish ‘Fiddler’
The Folksbiene’s 2019-2020 season is built around the theme of “Spiritual Resistance.”
QUIZ: How Well Do You REALLY Know ‘Fiddler On The Roof’?
Can you tell your Tzeitels from your Hodels?
Suddenly, Yiddish Theater Is Everywhere!
While this might seem like a New York story, the success of Yiddish theater is actually an international phenomenon.
‘Heil Hitler!’ He Yelled During ‘Fiddler.’ The Audience Feared For Their Lives.
“The first thing that went through my mind was if this is a shooting, I’m sitting in the back of the theater.”
Jerome Robbins Was The Quintessential Jewish American Genius
“Even when he didn’t feel religious, he was constantly viewing himself as the product of that lower-middle-class New Jersey immigrant Jewish family.”
How I Grew Up With ‘Fiddler On The Roof’
I wasn’t watching a play. I was living it, reconnecting with the family members I’d lost over the last decades, crying the entire time.
‘Tevye Served Raw’ Captures Sholem Aleichem’s Genius In Two Languages
Only a small number of writers possess, like Sholem Aleichem, the necessary breadth to create both hilarious and bitterly tragic moments.
You Haven’t Seen The Hora Till You’ve Seen It Done On Jet Packs
If your wedding lacked synchronized jet pack dancing, you may not be legally married.
All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Captures How Jews Really Spoke To Each Other
This was not just a play where the characters spoke Yiddish to each other; it was steeped in Yiddishkeit, the traditional Jewish way of life.
America’s First All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Is A Perfect, Bittersweet Portrait Of Jewish Joy
To Tevye, a belief in God goes hand-in-hand with a belief in humor.
