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Fiddler On The Roof
live on Broadway In New York
Story
Spoiler
warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The play is set in the Jewish shtetl of Anatevka in
Tsarist Russia in 1905. The story centers on Tevye's
attempts to maintain family and religious traditions
while adapting to new pressures. These manifest themselves
chiefly in the strong-willed actions of Tevye's eldest
three daughters, who each select her own husband (directly
or indirectly), contrary to tradition. In the film,
Tevye has five daughters.
Tevye himself had an arranged marriage with Golda,
and had never even met before their wedding day. One
touching song between them makes them realise that they
really had grown to love each other.
Their eldest daughter, Tzeitel, was betrothed to a
wealthy butcher older than Tevye (who said that he always
wanted a son, but preferred one younger than him), but
married the poor tailor Motel.
The second, Hodel, falls in love with a bright young
revolutionary who is sent to Siberia, so she joins him.
The third, Chava, elopes to marry a Russian soldier,
and Tevye disowns her.
Eventually, a pogrom takes place and all the Jewish
families are forced to leave Anatevka to find new homes
in other countries. As Chava prepares to part from the
family, Tevye still wouldn't speak to her, but Tzeitel
shouts out moving well wishes. Then Tevye relents and
tells Tzeitel to say "God be with you".
The play's name stems from Tevye's habit of playing
his violin on the roof of his house often at night to
seek solace from the pressures of family life and the
society around him. But in the 1971 film adaptation,
the fiddler is not Tevye but an allegorical character,
and the music is played by Isaac Stern.
Songs
The best-known songs from the tuneful but unconventional
score are If I Were A Rich Man, Sunrise, Sunset and
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me A Match . In early 2004,
Gwen Stefani released a hit song partially based on
If I Were A Rich Man, called Rich Girl.
Fiddler on the Roof Awards
The Broadway production won nine Tony Awards:
Best Musical
Composer and lyricist: Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Leading actor: Zero Mostel
Featured actress: Maria Karnilova
Author: Joseph Stein
Producer: Harold Prince
Director: Jerome Robbins
Choreographer: Jerome Robbins
Costume designer: Patricia Zipprodt
The film won three Academy Awards, including one for
arranger-conductor John Williams.