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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Solomon, Alisa, 1956-     Subjects     Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof.     Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.     Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.     Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)     Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Musicals -- History and criticism.     Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     Jewish theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Solomon, Alisa, 1956-       by title:      Wonder of wonders : ...       by call number:      782.14 F449s     Search the Web     Solomon, Alisa, 1956-     Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof.     Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.     Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.     Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)     Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism.     Musicals -- History and criticism.     Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.     Jewish theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Wonder of wonders : a cultural history of Fiddler on the roof / Alisa Solomon. by Solomon, Alisa, 1956- Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2013. Call #: 782.14 F449s Subjects Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof.   Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.   Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.   Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)   Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism.   Musicals -- History and criticism.   Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.   Jewish theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780805092608 (hc.) 0805092609 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  x, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-409) and index. Contents:  A little bit of this, a little bit of that -- When America commands. Tevye's long journey to the New York stage ; Between two worlds of Sholem-Aleichem -- Tevye strikes it rich. Tevye leaves for the land of Broadway ; It takes a shtetl ; Raising the roof -- Tevye's travels. The Old Country in the old-new land ; Fiddler while Brooklyn burns ; Anatevka in Technicolor ; Skrzypek na dachu : Poland -- Fiddling with tradition. Summary:  "A history of the 1964 Broadway musical that changed the world. In the half-century since its premiere, Fiddler on the Roof (Composer and lyricist, Jerry Bock) has had an astonishing global impact. Beloved by audiences the world over, performed from rural high schools to grand state theaters, Fiddler is a supremely potent cultural landmark. In a history as captivating as its subject, 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 a story of the theater, following 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 in one of the last big book musicals, and his ultimate destination -- Norman Jewison's 1971 motion picture. Solomon reveals how the show spoke to the deepest conflicts and desires of its time: the fraying of tradition, generational tension, the loss of roots. Audiences everywhere found in Fiddler immediate resonance and a usable past, whether in Warsaw, where it unlocked the taboo subject of Jewish history, or in Tokyo, where the producer asked how Americans could understand a story that is "so Japanese." The surprising and enduring legacy of a show about tradition that itself became a tradition"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 782.14 F449s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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