The Fiddler On The Roof

A Modern Twist on History A few months ago, I remember my sister, Kate, doing a report on the Hamilton writer, and actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda. I remember her telling me all about this one person, who literally, is on his way to making billions. Lin fascinated me, the way he wrote the broadway hit, Hamilton, in seven years, how he dropped out of highschool and began to work at McDonald’s to gain a living. I bet everyone from his home town wishes that they were him. He’s become as famous as any writer or actor. I began to find this love of Lin and Hamilton before that, but this report Kate was doing inspired me to learn more. Even now, Kate and I will sit either in the car, our rooms, basically anywhere and sing the Hamilton songs for hours. Hamilton is just so more diverse than any musical the
Why aren’t these classics being promoted anymore? The Fiddler on the Roof is a true story, and set in Anatevka in 1905. The story is about focuses on a family, and their life as Jewish people. Obviously, this is set right before Adolf Hitler took over Germany. The small village of Anatevka is mostly Jewish people, however some Russians live there to ‘control’ the Jewish community. In The Fiddler on the Roof’s revival, Dave Quinn writes, “...with 1,761 seats to fill every night (That’s over 400 more than “Hamilton” has to sell at the Richard Rodgers Theater by comparison” (Quinn 1). The revival had 464 performances. The show grossed less than 50 percent of its expected earn of $1.5 million at the box office. On the other hand, The Sound of Music was a Broadway hit too. The Sound of Music is about a family during the reign of the Nazis. The Sound of Music won the Best Musical Tony in 2014, and Mary Martin won the Best Actress Tony also in 2014. Both these musicals were very successful. These shows focused on one family figure, Hamilton focuses on multiple events in