Macys Parade Fidder On The Roof

Fiddler on the roof is based on tevye or tevye the dairyman and his daughters a series of stories by sholem aleichem that he wrote in yiddish between 1894 and 1914 about jewish life in a village in the pale of settlement of imperial russia at the turn of the 20th century. The macy s thanksgiving day parade traditionally features a slew of performances from the great white way s current hits and this year that lineup includes school of rock fiddler on the roof and. Behold the 1987 parade featuring a performance by broadway legend and fiddler on the roof in yiddish director joel grey reprising the role that won him a tony and oscar and not an emmy as.