This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Fiddler on the Roof: To Life! Evening Lecture/Seminar Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET Code: 1K0478 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration $25 Member $30 Non-Member Resize text Performance of Fiddler on the Roof at Otterbein University, 2016 (Otterbein Theatre & Dance / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? Yet this musical about a poor Jewish milkman, his wife, and five daughters who live in a tiny village in a corner of Eastern Europe captivated the entire world. From Paris to Beijing to Baltimore, whatever their background, audiences see themselves in the stories and songs. How did this happen? The songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick juggled love with tears and laughter with melancholy, mixed it with loving parents, hopeful children, and colorful friends all trying to survive in a precarious world to create a joyous, tearful celebration of life, music, and love unlike any other. Documentary filmmaker and cultural historian Sara Lukinson shares film clips and stories that trace the show’s improbable beginnings in Yiddish short stories by Sholem Aleichem and its journey to the stage led by the best—often squabbling—Broadway talents who created a miracle of a musical. General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
