Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)
Overview
A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.
Cast
Rachel Dratch
Shayne Sheyndl
Jason Kravits
Menachem Mendi
Peter Riegert
Tevye
Alan Rosenberg
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