Fiddler O Nthe Roof

See trevor nunn s fiddler on the roof at the west end s playhouse theatre direct from its sold out run at the menier chocolate factory tony and olivier award winning director trevor nunn s exuberant revival daily telegraph of the classic broadway musical fiddler on the roof transfers to the west end for a strictly limited run.

Fiddler o nthe roof.

Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison. I wondered how it would play as a strict drama rather than as a. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem. 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.

The movie was my first experience with the performance so i am quite biased towards this version compared to the original broadway show staring zero mostel. Fiddler on the roof is by far my favorite musical and i think that this recording captures the essence of the show perfectly. There is a part of me that has always felt that fiddler on the roof downplays the difficulties of the jews in eastern europe. Topol norma crane leonard frey.

But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.