Much of fiddler on the roof s charm has its origin in the tevye stories of sholem aleichem.
Playwright of fiddler on the roof.
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.
John edward cariani is an american actor and playwright.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem.
New york ap playwright joseph stein who turned a yiddish short story into the classic broadway musical fiddler on the roof and later wrote the screenplay for its successful movie.
Cariani is best known as the unwavering forensic expert julian beck in law order.
Fiddler on the roof by stephanie chidester.
He starred on broadway in the tony award winning musical something rotten.