Tevye's Shirt from Fiddler on the Roof
date: label: Date made
content: 1964 - 1971
name: label: wearer
content: Mostel, Zero
notes: label: Description
content: Part of a costume worn by actors Harry Goz and Zero Mostel in the role of Teyve in <i>Fiddler on the Roof.</i>
label: Description
content: Based on the writings of Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem, the musical play <i>Fiddler on the Roof </i> opened on Broadway in 1964. Set in 1905, the story's protagonist, Tevye is a philosophical dairy farmer who struggles to uphold his Jewish traditions while facing intergenerational family tensions and Russian pogroms.
label: Description
content: A massive hit, <i>Fiddler</i> won 9 Tony awards, and was, at the time, the longest running play in Broadway history.  
label: Description
content: The play's homage to Jewish resilience in the face of the oppression, including the celebratory song <i>To Life, </i> was deeply felt following the horrors of the Holocaust. Giving a sense of the fullness of the Jewish experience, <i>Fiddler</i> represented a religious and cultural minority that had been rarely explored in America's mainstream popular entertainments.
label: Description
content: Adapted for the screen in 1971, the play has had numerous revivals and has become a staple of American musical theatre
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Musical Theater
label: general subject association
content: Judaism
label: general subject association
content: Immigration
label: general subject association
content: Costume
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harry Goz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0345.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0345
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0345.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shirt
label: Object Type
content: costume
label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 33 in x 21 in; 63.5 cm x 83.82 cm x 53.34 cm