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Robbins directed Fiddler on the Roof when it came to Broadway in 1964, and brought Pendleton into the opening-night cast, performing the role of Motel the tailor.
- It's widely known that Fiddler on the Roof is based on Sholem Aleichem's stories, but did you know that the real name of this "Jewish Mark Twain" was Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich?
- Composer Bock and lyricist Harnick originally wanted to write a musical based on Aleichem's Wandering Stars, about a traveling Yiddish theater company.
- Pass the apples and honey! Bock and Harnick began writing Fiddler on the Roof on September 11, 1961, which was Rosh Hashanah (a.k.a. the Jewish New Year).
- The first draft of the show was called The Old Country—other working titles included Tevye, Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away and Where Poppa Came From.
Jun 12, 2019 · In this new documentary, lyricist Sheldon Harnick, producer Harold Prince, and original star Austin Pendleton reveal the origin story of Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof.
- Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock did not set out to write a story about Tevye the Dairyman. “Someone sent me a book by Sholom Aleichem called Wandering Stars—like a Dickensian novel about a Yiddish theatre troupe touring all over Eastern Europe and I loved it,” Harnick says in the documentary.
- Harnick and Bock wrote separately. “Sheldon and I, we’d become somewhat familiar with the book, we’d separate and I would guess as to what kind of music in terms of ambience, period, character, and so forth.
- The trio knew it would be a tough show to produce—but they didn’t realize how tough. So it was our baby and we worked on it on and off for a number of years,” Stein remembers.
- Hal Prince agreed to produce, but denied the offer to direct. Instead, Prince suggested Jerome Robbins—having worked with him on West Side Story. “My thinking was very clear,” says Prince.
Mar 10, 2016 · Original Fiddler on the Roof cast member Austin Pendleton will helm a new production of the classic musical next winter at the Massachusetts-based New Repertory Theatre.
When the original cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” gathered at RCA Victor’s Webster Hall studio to record the musical’s score on September 27, 1964, they were riding a high of astonishing success and immense relief.
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Dec 4, 2016 · Theater Watch: The New Reps "Fiddler on The Roof" preview with Director Austin Pendleton. Opens Dec.2, at Mosegian Theater.Video by Robert Greim.
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