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Here's a tidbit from the latest issue:
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Fiddler on the Roof had considerable influence on my selection of a backdrop for my first novel.  Although Fiddler’s setting was 40 years later than the time period of Who Is to Blame, the two share many similarities—prejudice, suppression, rural culture, and the deep-rooted role of religion.

I'm not the only one with a soft spot for Fiddler on the Roof.  The original Broadway production opened in 1965 and held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years, until it was preempted by Grease.

In the Broadway performance, the original lead role of Tevye was played Zero Mostel, and he was definitely not happy when Chaim Topol was cast for the role in the 1971 movie. Topol went on to play Tevya over 2700 times on stage. In 1971, Leonard Nimoy played Tevye on stage, quite a different gig from his signature role as Mr. Spock!


Leonard Nimoy as Tevya
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