This is 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,…
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Culture Director Mira Nair wanted an Indian ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ The result: ‘Monsoon Wedding, The Musical’
A theatrical adaptation of the hit film 'Monsoon Wedding' ends its run this weekend in Brooklyn
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Theater Topol was a spy. This demands a ‘Fiddler’ song parody.
With news that the beloved Israeli icon worked for Mossad, we wrote a musical response
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Film & TV How Topol got to be Tevye
The unofficial historian of 'Fiddler on the Roof' remembers Chaim Topol's story of how he became a star
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Opinion How the late actor Topol turned Tevye into a Zionist
The star of 'Fiddler on the Roof' brought his Israeli self to a musical film about the Jewish Diaspora.
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Culture Remembering Topol, the people’s Tevye
Chaim Topol, who starred in the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, died Thursday at 87
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Fast Forward Chaim Topol, known worldwide for his starring role in ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies 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
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Theater Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ returns, a stirring reminder of Jewish loss and revival
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
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Fast Forward Doug Mastriano serenaded with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ parody
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Yiddish פֿידלערין זאָיִ אַקוואַ נעמט אָן לעבעדיקן רומענישן סטיל אין איר שפּילן Klezmer fiddler Zoe Aqua adopts vibrant Romanian style in her playing
דעם טעכניק האָט זי זיך געלערנט דירעקט פֿון עלטערע פֿידלערס אין די שטעטלעך לעבן קלוזש, רומעניע
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