NEW YORK (JTA) – Wonder of wonders: “Fiddler on the Roof” is returning to the big screen.
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MGM will produce a remake of the iconic 1964 musical about the struggles and joys of Jewish life in the fictional Eastern European shtetl of Anatevka, according to Deadline.
The new film will bring some star power from Broadway: Director Thomas Kail served in the same role for “Hamilton” and has collaborated with its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda (famously a “Fiddler” fan), on other shows. Steven Levenson, who wrote the acclaimed musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” will pen the screenplay.
The remake will be carrying on a tradition of more than 50 years.
“Fiddler” first had audiences saying “L’chaim” when it opened on Broadway in 1964 starring Zero Mostel as Tevye and winning nine Tonys. It saw many sunrises and sunsets, at one time holding the record for longest-running Broadway musical at nearly 10 years.
The movie version came out in 1971 and garnered three Oscars, as well as nominations for best actor for Topol and best picture.
Broadway brought back another revival in 2015, and a Yiddish-language “Fiddler” ran off-Broadway until this year.
Judaism is not a story from the shtetl its a story of now 2020 stop trying to make judaisim a old thing i heard a story from the Lubavitcher rebbe that he told somebody that the frum jews are the most modern for they libe with the word of god and that the word of god is renew every second so stop the nonsene
I don’t think the VIN audience is the type to be interested in a Fiddler on the roof movie .
But The ultra orthodox Hasidic Judge Freir watches Netflix.
So what do I know…
What’s wrong with Fiddler on the Roof? When the Nazis destroyed those shtetls, they didn’t question the religious observance of the inhabitants, before they killed them.
Delighted! Fiddler on the Roof is full of our history. Maybe not the way we imagine it should have been, but the way it was. A new version will have stunning aesthetics. Can’t wait.
The bottom story line is the exile from Americ___ oops, Anatevka.
Remember.
It’s not about making Judaism old.
It’s a depiction of Jewish life under the czar. There’s nothing wrong with it.
What do you know ????
Nothing.
Just writing a piece of you know what about somebody you know nothing about.
Exactly do we need a remake of Fiddler? Remakes often seem to add nothing better than the original and often do not even meet the standard of the original. If they change the story to modern times or sanitize its Jewishness, well we may be looking at another “Cats.”
How can they make such a production without breaking the social distancing rules?! Is it worth one person dying just to entertain others??? And then we wonder why the goyim hate us and are looting our stores.