Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof

by Solomon, Alisa
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ISBN: 9781250058706
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In the half-century since its premiere, Fiddler on the Roof has become a supremely potent cultural landmark, beloved by audiences the world over. Now, in a history as captivating as its subject, award-winning drama critic Alisa Solomon traces how and why the story of Tevye the milkman, the creation of the great Yiddish writer Sholem-Aleichem, was reborn as blockbuster entertainment and a cultural touchstone, not only for Jews and not only in America.

It is first a story of the theater, as Solomon follows Tevye from his humble appearance on the New York Yiddish stage, through his adoption by leftist dramatists as a symbol of oppression, to his Broadway debut and his starring role in a major Hollywood picture. And it is a cultural story, of a show that spoke to the deepest conflicts and desires the world over: the fraying of tradition, generational tension, the loss of roots. Entertaining and original, Wonder of Wonders reveals the profound legacy of a show about tradition that itself became a tradition.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Solomon, Alisa
  • ISBN: 9781250058706
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 1.10
  • Number Of Pages: 448
  • Publication Year: 2014
Language: English

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