Some other names of the production include tevye and his daughters and tevye and the fiddler.
Huddle fiddler on the roof.
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 original broadway musical was based on a play written by arnold perl.
Fiddler on the roof fiddler on the roof either refers to the 1960 s broadway play or the 1971 film.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
The production has been put into many languages and has been shown all around the world.
The much loved story of tevye the milkman s struggle to reconcile old jewish ways with the modern world opened on broadway in 1964 and held the record for longest running musical with 3 242 performances until it closed in 1970 for nearly 10 years.
In broadway terms fiddler on the roof is a tradition unto itself.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 fiddler on the roof.
The musical was adapted for the film by american playwright joseph stein who also novelized the story.