tevye Archives – Jewish Journal

‘Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish’ Captivates New York

Gerri Miller April 10, 2019

Theodore Bikel, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ star, dies at 91

Jewish Journal July 21, 2015

Actor Theodore Bikel, who originated the stage role of Captain von Trapp in \”The Sound of Music\” but was best known for starring as Tevye, the poor Jewish milkman, in the Broadway hit musical \”Fiddler on the Roof,\” died on Tuesday at age 91.

Awarding a Broadway ‘Wonder’

Jonathan Kirsch February 26, 2014

Few figures of popular culture are quite so beloved or beguiling as the character of Tevye, the pious but philosophical dairyman who reached his most celebrated incarnation in the Broadway hit musical “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Report from London: Finding Tevye in the Abbey

Jewish Journal May 1, 2011

Arriving in London this past Friday, April 29, I was immediately enveloped in a carnival-crazed country, a nation-wide block party made up of the tiniest Brits to those who had been alive at the 1926 birth of the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth, a

Tradition, Tradition

Beverly Levitt October 5, 2000

This month, just a few weeks after the High Holy Days, Theodore Bikel will begin a national tour of the bittersweet musical, \”Fiddler on the Roof,\” reprising his role as Tevye the milkman. \”Everyone is a fiddler on the roof,\” he\’ll explain in his 1,600th performance of the part, \”trying to scratch out a simple tune without breaking his neck. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: Tradition!\”