Joanna Merlin, Known for Her Work Both Onstage and Off, Dies at 92 Soon after appearing in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” she began a new career as a prominent casting director.
Joanna Merlin, Known for Her Work Both Onstage and Off, Dies at 92 Soon after appearing in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” she began a new career as a prominent casting director.
Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99 His collaborations with the composer Jerry Bock also included “Fiorello!” — which, like “Fiddler,” was a Tony winner — and “She Loves Me.”
Tradition, ‘Tradition!’ and the Memory of Topol on the Roof Tevye was a creature of the old world, but the man who immortalized him on film was something entirely new.
Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87 Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”