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BONUS: Behind the Musical
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3 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2020
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The original production of Fiddler on the Roof won nine Tony awards, held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical, and was adapted into a hit movie. But the musical itself was an adaptation of Sholem Aleichem's Tevye Stories. Aleichem aimed to create a high literature for Yiddish-speaking readers, but his influence spread much further, to a new country, a new language, and a new medium. Harvard professor Saul Noam Zaritt.discusses the stories behind the musical.
Saul Noam Zaritt is Assistant Professor of Yiddish Studies at Harvard University. He is a founding editor of In geveb, an open-access digital journal of Yiddish studies.
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Saul Noam Zaritt is Assistant Professor of Yiddish Studies at Harvard University. He is a founding editor of In geveb, an open-access digital journal of Yiddish studies.
Learn more on our website, WritLarge.fm.
Follow us on Twitter @WritLargePod.
Released:
May 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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