Wonder of wonders
Subtitle: a cultural history of Fiddler on the roof
By: Alisa Solomon
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780805092608
Subjects: Jewish theater; Musicals; Yiddish Theater; Production and direction; Ṭeṿye (Fictitious character : Sholem Aleichem); History and criticism; History
Description: A revelatory history of the influential Broadway musical production explores its considerable international impact and how it has become a powerful cultural landmark on both professional and amateur stages throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. A little bit of this, a little bit of that; title: When America commands. Tevye's long journey to the New York stage ; Between two worlds of Sholem-Aleichem; title: Tevye strikes it rich. Tevye leaves for the land of Broadway ; It takes a shtetl ; Raising the roof; title: Tevye's travels. The old country in the old-new land ; Fiddler while Brooklyn burns ; Anatevka in technicolor ; Skrzypek na dachu : Poland; title: Epilogue. Fiddling with tradition.