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Second film for Fiddler on the Roof

The 1964 musical was first put on the big screen in 1971

June 1, 2020 09:05
Zero Mostel and other cast members in the first stage production of  Fiddler on the Roof
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Fiddler on the Roof is to be made into a film for the second time, 56 years since it was first staged as a Broadway musical.

The famous musical about Jewish life in an Eastern European shtetl was first featured in a 1964 production, before being made into a film starring Chaim Topol and Norma Crane in 1971.

The remake with be directed by Thomas Kail, who filled the same role for recent Broadway hit Hamilton, and the screenplay will be written by Steven Levenson, who penned acclaimed musical Dear Evan Hansen.

The 1971 version of the musical won three Oscars, including best score for John Williams’ music.