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...actors who are always in control are Kaplan and Miss Archer. Kaplan's Wong has a strongly Yiddish flavor, much like Sholom Alcichem's dairyman Tevye before Broadway got to him. But the resemblance--the good humor in despair, the pleading with the marvelously impotent gods, the befuddled good intentions--is in Brecht's script as well as Kaplan's portrayal. Miss Archer has warmth, a versatile vocal range, the ability to switch swiftly between the two parts she must play, and good legs...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). John Forsythe hosts a musical salute to spring, Passover and Easter. Guests include Richard Tucker, Gabriella Tucci, Nancy Ames, the Serendipity Singers and the Sholom Secunda Chorale...
...Make a Difference. Bel Kaufman knows firsthand how a kid can get lost in a classroom. A granddaughter of Humorist Sholom Aleichem ("the Yiddish Mark Twain"), she was born in Berlin, lived until twelve in Russia, where her father practiced medicine and her mother wrote short stories. Her family then moved to The Bronx, where she was thrown into first grade with six-year-olds and learned English "by osmosis." She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hunter College, earned an M.A. in 18th century literature from Columbia, taught in every type of New York City high school, from those...
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The earthy humor of Sholom Aleichem's tales is given a Broadway gloss in a musical that combines compassion and commercial appeal...
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Sholom Aleichem's story of a Russian village in 1905 becomes a lively musical with Luther Adler as Tevye, a dairyman who has wit, compassion, and five daughters...