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Joseph Stein (May 30, 1912 – October 24, 2010 [1]) was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba . Biography. Born in New York City to Jewish parents, Charles and Emma (Rosenblum) Stein, who had immigrated from Poland, Joseph Stein grew up in the Bronx.
Oct 25, 2010 · Joseph Stein, the Tony Award-winning author of “Fiddler on the Roof” and more than a dozen other Broadway musicals, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 98.
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem.
Oct 26, 2010 · Playwright Joseph Stein, who wrote hit Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, has died aged 98 in New York. He went on to write the screenplay for the hugely successful 1971 film adaptation of...
Joseph Stein was one of Broadway's finest librettists, whose work included such musicals as Mr Wonderful, starring Sammy Davis Jr, and Take Me Along, starring Jackie Gleason.
Oct 26, 2010 · Playwright Joseph Stein, who wrote hit Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, has died aged 98 in New York. He went on to write the screenplay for the hugely successful 1971 film adaptation of the...
Oct 26, 2010 · Stein won a Tony for his book for the musical based on Sholom Aleichem's stories and also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. He also wrote for radio, TV and other musicals, such as "Zorba" and "Mr. Wonderful".
