Fondler On The Roof

A bird may love a fish and musical fans will love this adaptation of fiddler on the roof even if it isn t quite as transcendent as the long running stage.

Fondler on the roof. Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. Fiddler on the roof is at its heart a very humorous and poignant examination of that age old rite of passage from generation to generation played out in the dusty russian hamlet of anatevka in 1905. Tevye our protagonist is a man wedded to the centuries old. Director norman jewison s treatment of this story is wonderfully sensitive.

This iconic musical has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for over 55 years with its humour warmth and honesty. With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon. Fiddler on the roof 1971 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. If i were a rich man.

Fiddler on the roof is the beloved story of milkman tevye and his five daughters who are growing up and falling in love in a time of extraordinary change. In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village. Fiddler on the roof critics consensus. Directed by norman jewison.