Page 34 - Fiddler on the Roof Playbill

Credits

Book

Joseph Stein won the Tony Award and Drama Critics Circle Award
for Fiddler on the Roof. His other musicals include Zorba (Tony
nomination, Drama Critics Circle Award); Rags (Tony nomination);
The Baker's Wife (Olivier Award nomination, London); Take Me
Along (Tony nomination); Juno; Irene (starring Debbie Reynolds); The
King of Hearts; All About Us; and Enter Laughing: The Musical (Lucille
Lortel nomination, outstanding revival). He also co-authored, with
Alan Jay Lerner, Carmelina; and with Will Glickman, Mr. Wonderful
(starring Sammy Davis, Jr.), The Body Beautiful, and Plain and Fancy. His plays are Enter
Laughing, Before the Dawn, and Mrs. Gibbons' Boys. Stein grew up in the Bronx and first
became a social worker while pursuing writing on the side. He began his career in TV
and radio, writing for "The Sid Caesar Show," "Your Show of Shows," "Henry Morgan
Show," and many others, and for personalities including Tallulah Bankhead, Phil Silvers,
Jackie Gleason, and Zero Mostel. On Broadway he made his debut contributing to the
theatrical revues Lend an Ear (featuring Carol Channing) and Alive and Kicking. He wrote
the screenplays of Enter Laughing and Fiddler on the Roof, for which he won the Screen
Writers Guild Award. In 2008, he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Lyrics

Sheldon Harnick’s career began in the 1950s with songs in revues
(e.g., "The Boston Beguine," "The Merry Little Minuet"). With Jerry
Bock he created a number of memorable musicals, including Fiorello!
(Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize), Tenderloin, She Loves Me (Grammy),
Fiddler on the Roof (Tony), The Apple Tree, and The Rothschilds
(subsequently revised as Rothschild & Sons). Other collaborations:
Rex (Richard Rodgers), A Christmas Carol (Michel Legrand), A
Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo), The Phantom Tollbooth (Arnold Black,
Norton Juster), and The Audition (Marvin Hamlisch). He wrote three musicals himself:
Dragons, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, and Malpractice Makes Perfect.