In 1960, Sheldon Harnick sent a copy of Sholom Aleichem's novel, Wandering Stars, to his long-time collaborator, Jerry Bock, suggesting it might make a good musical and Fiddler on the Roof was born. Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women who created the original production, the film and significant revivals - Harold Prince, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, Austin Pendleton, Joanna Merlin, Norman Jewison, Topol, Jerry Zaks, Harvey Fierstein, etc. - to produce a lively, popular chronicle of the making of Fiddler. Published for the 50th anniversary of Fiddler's opening night on Broadway, Tradition! is the book for everyone who loves Fiddler and can sing along with the original cast album.

Author Biography

BARBARA ISENBERG, author of "Tradition!," is an award winning journalist who has been writing and lecturing about theater for over three decades. She is the author of "Making It Big: The Diary of a Broadway Musical, State of the Arts: California Artists Talk About Their Work" and "Conversations with Frank Gehry. "Her work has appeared in "the LA Times," the "Wall Street Journal, Time, Esquire, The Huffington Post," and London's "Sunday Times." She lives in Los Angeles.