Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof
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Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof

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Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the RoofIn the half century since its premiere, Fiddler on the Roof has become a supremely potent cultural landmark, beloved by audiences the world over. Now, in a history as captivating as its subject, award winning 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.

In the half-century since its premiere, Fiddler on the Roof has become a supremely potent cultural landmark, beloved by audiences the world over. Now, in a history as captivating as its subject, award-winning 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 first a story of the theater, as Solomon follows 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 and his starring role in a major Hollywood picture. And it is a cultural story, of a show that spoke to the deepest conflicts and desires the world over: the fraying of tradition, generational tension, the loss of roots. Entertaining and original, Wonder of Wonders reveals the profound legacy of a show about tradition that itself became a tradition.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 09/02/2014
ISBN: 9781250058706
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/21/2014 pg. 24
New York Review of Books 12/18/2014 pg. 82
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