Title Wonder of wonders : a cultural history of Fiddler on the roof / Alisa Solomon.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML410 .B631 S65	Available	---

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index.
Contents	Introduction: 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 -- Epilogue: fiddling with tradition.
Summary	A revelatory history of the influential Broadway musical production explores its considerable international impact and how it has become a powerful cultural landmark on both professional and amateur stages throughout the world.
Subject	Bock, Jerry. Fiddler on the roof.
	Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof.
	Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.
	Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.
	Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Musicals.
	New York (State) -- New York.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Theater, Yiddish.
	History.
	Jewish theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Jewish theater.
	Musicals.
ISBN	9780805092608
	0805092609