Broadway History:The Golden Age of the American Book Musical, Part 7 Fiddler on the Roof
…phor for simpler times, the need for tradition and the challenges that the coming era would bring. It was also, in its time, place and form, the ultimate traditional book musical. Tevye’s dream. That’s to say that the book musical was no longer new, groundbreaking or unique; it had become a monolith. Fiddler on the Roof opened September 22, 1964 and it closed July 2, 1972 after 3,242 performances. At that point, it was the longest running show in…