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

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

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

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

"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

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