Fiddler On The Roof (2019 off-Broadway, Yiddish production)

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s triumphant production 'Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish' (*Fidler Afn Dakh*) completed an epoch-defining Off-Broadway run at the Museum of Jewish Heritage before transferring to Stage 42 in 2019, winning the Drama Desk Award. Masterfully translating the classic Bock, Harnick, and Joseph Stein musical into the authentic Yiddish vernacular of Sholem Aleichem's literature, the production stripped away traditional theatrical sentimentality to focus with raw emotional power on the plight of displacement. Directed by stage icon Joel Grey, the blockbuster production starred Steven Skybell in a definitive performance as Tevye.