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.
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Some other names of the production include tevye and his daughters and tevye and the fiddler.
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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 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.
The original broadway musical was based on a play written by arnold perl.
The production has been put into many languages and has been shown all around the world.
Fiddler on the roof on tour.
Fiddler on the roof is a 1971 american epic musical comedy drama film produced and directed by norman jewison.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.