By steven mcintosh entertainment reporter.
Fiddler on the roof west end.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.
Would that it didn t.
Then you re going to be very excited to hear that the show is heading into the west end.
Fiddler on the roof heads to the west end.
See trevor nunn s fiddler on the roof at the west end s playhouse theatre.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
By eleni cashell first published 25 january 2019 last updated 6 february 2019 couldn t get a ticket for trevor nunn s sold out critically acclaimed production of fiddler on the roof at the menier.
When it premiered in new york in 1964 this story of an imperilled jewish community attacked by russian pogroms struck a chord with a generation that had lived through the horrors of the holocaust.
Fiddler on the roof one of the all time great american musicals feels shamefully relevant once more.
Raising the roof at west end live 2019 were fiddler on the roof who put on a stunning performance.
Fiddler on the roof tells the story of tevye and his fiv.
A production of the 1964 musical is transferring to the west end after hugely positive reviews.