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, ...

Fiddler on the Roof is a landmark piece of Jewish culture. It has shaped the way Jews are perceived by others, and how we understand ourselves, since it premiered on Broadway in 1964, starring Zero ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Fifty years ago, on Nov. 3, 1971, the movie adaptation of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ premiered. In honor of that anniversary, we are publishing a series of article about the impact of ...

Fiddler on the Roof, which is set in the Russian Pale of Settlement circa 1905 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II (“may G-d bless and keep the Tsar . . . far away from us”), became one of the ...

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 ...

Steven Skybell discusses playing Tevye, antisemitism, and why "Fiddler on the Roof" feels urgent as Austin Opera stages the classic.