Tradition!, Barbara Isenberg
Tradition!, Barbara Isenberg
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Tradition!
The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical

Author: Barbara Isenberg

Narrator: Adam Grupper

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2016


Synopsis

Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onstage somewhere, including five Broadway revivals, four productions on London's West End and thousands of schools, army bases and countries from Argentina to Japan. Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film and significant revivals-- Harold Prince, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Norman Jewison, Topol, Harvey Fierstein and more-- to produce a lively, popular chronicle of the making of Fiddler. Published in celebration of Fiddler's 50th anniversary, Tradition! is the book for everyone who loves Fiddler and can sing along with the original cast album.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katherine on August 02, 2014

When I entered this Goodreads giveaway it was motivated by the fact I grew up in Manhattan and going to Broadway shows was as natural for me as going to the movies was to kids growing up in areas far less rich with cultural opportunities. Of course I didn't know then that not every kid had Broadway......more

Goodreads review by Brenden on June 26, 2024

Fascinating subject matter told with a dry academic distance. Fine but could have been great.......more

Goodreads review by Laura (Book Scrounger) on September 03, 2014

I was excited to read this book, because Fiddler on the Roof is one of my favorite movies, and I knew very little about any of the story behind its inception, other than the fact that it was based on the stories of a certain Jewish author. It is quite an interesting story. The book traces the journey......more

Goodreads review by Myrna on December 19, 2014

"Tradition," the story of “Fiddler on the Roof,” by Barbara Isenberg, is a winner. In an engaging style, Ms Isenberg, an award-winning journalist, guides us through the journey that transformed a group of short stories about a Russian milkman written in Yiddish by Sholem Aleichem, into an award-winn......more

Goodreads review by Claire on August 01, 2014

I received Tradition! as part of a Goodreads giveaway. While the debate over the greatest musical of all time rages on, Tradition! profiles the creation and groundbreaking success one of the best-known and loved in the genre. Isenberg traces the story of the show's inspiration, the short stories of S......more