Like A Fiddler On The Roof

Tevya and others in the village are likened to fiddlers on a roof because of the difficulty in keeping their balance while trying to live out their simple lives.

Like a fiddler on the roof.

You could say as the dairyman tevye does in fiddler on the roof that it s like a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck in the off. Adaptation of the 1964 broadway musical of the same name with music composed by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and screenplay by joseph stein and based on stories by sholem aleichem. In hebrew sholem aleichem an. Fiddler on the roof is the stage to screen adaptation of the famous musical.

In fact as noted earlier it s like a fiddler attempting to play his instrument while maintaining his balance on the top of a roof. According to tevya their. Fiddler on the roof was based on a series of stories written by the jewish mark twain like samuel clemens sholem rabinovich was better known by his pen name. Part of the orlando broadway series the national tour of broadway s fiddler on the roof will be here in orlando at the dr.

If i were a rich man. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem. Fiddler on the roof. This rousing musical based on the stories of shalom aleichem takes place in pre revolutionary russia and centers on the life of tevye topol a milkman who is trying to keep his family s traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters.

Phillip s center for the performing arts until march 10th. Yet times are changing and the daughters want to make their own matches breaking free of many of the constricting customs required of them by judaism. This role is played by topol who played the character onstage in the london production of fiddler.