Leonard Nimoy Fiddler On The Roof

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Leonard nimoy fiddler on the roof.

On his role as mendel the rabbi s son in the original broadway production of fiddler on the roof it was originally a very small part no more than a cough and a mazel tof but it got bigger. Toni caiola yente matchmaker. Fiddler on the roof is based on tevye or tevye the dairyman and his daughters a series of stories by sholem aleichem that he wrote in yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about jewish life in a village in the pale of settlement of imperial russia at the turn of the 20th century. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight nimoy did not make his hollywood debut until he was 20 with a bit part in queen for a day 1951 and another as a ballplayer in the perennial rhubarb 1951.

This excerpt is in english. If i were a rich man. Based on the novel tevye and his daughters by sholom aleichemmusic. Zero mostel theodore bikel alfred molina harvey fierstein leonard nimoy.

Joseph stein dir ben shaktman tevye. In hebrew sholem aleichem an alias. Travis hudson motel tailor. His parents were ukrainian jewish immigrants.

Leonard simon nimoy was born in boston massachusetts to dora spinner and max nimoy who owned a barbershop. Leonard nimoy jewish actor most well known for his role as spock on the star trek science fiction series recalls the wonderful experience of playing tevye in fiddler on the roof in his hometown of boston. But in joel grey s exquisite revival performed in.