You’ve got to appreciate a work that explains the central metaphor right off the bat. Fiddler on the Roof starts with protagonist Tevye (Steven Skybell) describing how we are all such fiddlers, ...
Douglas Sills loves to laugh. It’s a big laugh, hearty and life-affirming. And it — along with a warm, impossibly broad smile — blankets a conversation with him in warmth and comfort. The laugh bursts ...
This iconic opening line of “Fiddler on the Roof,” underscored by the unmistakable melody played by the Fiddler himself, pulses through the veins of so many of us who grew up with the soundtrack, the ...
Robert Cuccioli (Tevye) in Cleveland Play House’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” Credit: Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni “Fiddler on the Roof” is about struggling to embrace change in a world ...
Steven Skybell discusses playing Tevye, antisemitism, and why "Fiddler on the Roof" feels urgent as Austin Opera stages the classic.