In a few weeks, a Broadway classic mired in tradition returns to the stage. 'Fiddler on the Roof, in Yiddish' sold out shows in 2018 and was just about to tour the world in 2020 before the pandemic began. LisaRoznerTV spoke to the cast.
"Fiddler on the Roof, in Yiddish" sold out shows in 2018 and was just about to tour the world in 2020 before the pandemic began.
"I came and sat there and they did the number for me and I cried," Grey said, adding he did so because,"it has always been about belonging or not belonging. The world situation with the Ukraine just heightens that every day I think about it."The musical takes place in fictional Anatevka, representing a small town near the original writer Sholem Aleichem's birthplace in central Ukraine.
"My character is from Kiev. It's just an immense responsibility," said Drew Seigla, who portrays"Pertshik.""Getting to explore this show that's so familiar in the language that these people would have actually spoken and which Sholem Aleichem wrote the original short stories added this new layer to it that allowed us to go much deeper," said Adam B. Shapiro, who plays"Rabbi.
"People have said just hearing it in Yiddish conjures up so much more emotion for them," Skybell added. "Yiddish influencers and things like Yiddish 'Fiddler on the Roof' have brought new audiences, both Jewish, non-Jewish, just anybody who's interested in, in something new," Golden said. 'Lord of the Rings' in Yiddish just came out. They had had come out previously with 'Harry Potter' Yiddish.