abstract:Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem.
"Carousel, " "Oliver, " "Fiddler ontheRoof, " "Cabaret, " "Les Miserables, " and "Dreamgirls, " have all played there, though only "Dreamgirls" seemed to trigger a reaction.