Review: Why Fiddler on the Roof is the show Sydney needs right now
Fiddler on the Roof is unmistakably a Jewish musical. Its characters, humour, rhythms and rituals come from a particular culture and time. Yet the achievement of this exuberant Sydney production is to demonstrate that the story of Fiddler on the Roof has never belonged to one community. It is about the difficult balancing act performed by every family and every society: how to preserve the things that give us identity while accepting that the world does not stand still. At the start of the show, Tevye explains that life in the Soviet village of Anatevka is like being a violinist …
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