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Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof
By Solomon, Alisa
- ISBN
- 9780805092608
- Publisher
- Metropolitan: Holt
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Starred Review on September 15, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
More than a cultural history of the extraordinarily popular Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, this wonderfully detailed and highly readable text also touches on Sholem Aleichem, the history of Yiddish theater, shtetl life, American politics, theater in the 1960s, and the roles of Jews in America in a post-World War II, post-McCarthy era. Theater critic Solomon's (dir., arts & culture concentration, MA program, Columbia Journalism Sch.; Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender) love for ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
