Word: fiddler
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The years have only burnished the virtues (and rendered quaint the occasional silliness) of this portrait of Russian village life at the turn of the century. The Israeli actor Topol, who starred in the film, headlines a meticulously crafted and dazzlingly danced revival, on Broadway after a national tour...
...18th Century satire with modern references and expletives; they serve both to shock the audience into attention and remind us that the script has meaning for contemporary society. Another is Shalhoub's coughing jag, with its reference to Topol's song "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof...