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Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onstage somewhere, including four Broadway revivals, four productions on London's West End and thousands of schools, army bases and countries from Argentina to Japan. Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film and significant revivals-- Harold Prince, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Norman Jewison, Topol, Harvey Fierstein and more-- to produce a lively, popular chronicle of the making of Fiddler. Published in celebration of Fiddler's 50th anniversary, Tradition! is the book for everyone who loves Fiddler and can sing along with the original cast album. ; Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onstage somewhere, including four Broadway revivals, four productions on London's West End and thousands of schools, army bases and countries from Argentina to Japan. Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film and significant revivals to produce a lively chronicle of the making of Fiddler, published in celebration of Fiddler's fiftieth anniversary.

Title Tradition! : the highly improbable, ultimately triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood story of Fiddler on the roof, the world's most beloved musical / Barbara Isenberg.
Publisher New York : St. Martin's Press
Creation Date [2014]
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Beginnings. The boys
Forging tradition
Mostel and company
The fourth author
Rehearsals -- Broadway. On the road
Opening on Broadway
Conquering Broadway
London calling -- The movie. Enter Hollywood
Casting the movie
Making music
Shooting the movie
Opening the movie -- The phenomenon. All those Tevyes
Something different
Traveling America
Fiddler goes abroad
The phenomenon -- Closing the circle.
Extent xii, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations
25 cm
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997008870081905171
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