(Nonfiction, 448 pp. 2013)
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Broadway musical, theater critic and scholar Solomon details how and why the story of Tevye the milkman–the creation of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem–succeeded as a blockbuster theatrical production and film, and moreover, became a cultural touchstone that transcends ethnic and national boundaries. (Note: the Tevye stories are also a part of our Book Club in a Box program, here.)
- Kirkus Review
- Review by Shelley Salamensky, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 29, 2013
- Review by Tahneer Oksman, Jewish Book Council
- Review by Eileen Reynolds, Forward, October 24, 2013
- Review by Marjorie Ingall, New York Times, December 6, 2013
- “On Jewishness, As the Fiddle Played” by Alisa Solomon, New York Times, October 17, 2013
- Alisa Solomon WNYC podcast
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