Editing Tevye (section)

== Portrayals ==
[[Zero Mostel]] and [[Chaim Topol]] are the two actors most associated with the role of Tevye, although [[Theodore Bikel]] performed it many times on stage.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boehm|first=Mike|date=2013-08-24|title=Theodore Bikel and Tevye, the perfect match|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-theodore-bikel-tevye-20130825-story.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> For the film version of ''Fiddler on the Roof'', the part ultimately went to Topol, as producer-director [[Norman Jewison]] felt that Mostel's portrayal was too unnecessarily comic. Topol was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for his performance in the film version of ''Fiddler''. He also portrayed the character nearly 3,500 times on stage, retiring the role in 2009.

Other noteworthy musical Tevyes have included [[Luther Adler]], [[Herschel Bernardi]], [[Paul Lipson]] (original Broadway run, over 2,000 performances), [[Leonard Nimoy]] (1971 touring company), [[Shmuel Rodensky]] (original Israeli, Yiddish and German productions), [[Alfred Molina]] and [[Harvey Fierstein]] (2004 Broadway revival), [[Henry Goodman]] (2007 London revival), [[Danny Burstein]] (2015 Broadway revival), [[Yehezkel Lazarov]] (2018 touring company) and [[Steven Skybell]] (2018 Off-Broadway revival in Yiddish). [[Paul Michael Glaser]], who played Perchik in the 1971 film version, played Tevye in a 2013–14 touring production in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.fiddlerontheroof.co.uk/ | title = The fiddler on the roof | place = United Kingdom}}.</ref>

''[[Tevya (film)|Tevya]]'' is the name of a 1939 film adaptation of the story, performed entirely in Yiddish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/tevye.html |title= Tevye |publisher=The National Center for Jewish Film |access-date=2014-09-18}}</ref> In this adaptation, Tevye, played by [[Maurice Schwartz]], is portrayed as gruff with flashes of wit and humor.

Prior to the 1964 Broadway debut of ''Fiddler on the Roof'', adaptations of the Tevye stories appeared on stage and screen, in America and beyond. The earliest screen version was an American silent film called ''[[Broken Barriers (1919 film)|Broken Barriers]]'', based on Aleichem's own theatrical treatment and released in 1919 (just a few years after Aleichem died). In 1962, [[Gerhard Klingenberg]] directed the television film ''Tevya und seine Töchter''. After ''Fiddler on the Roof'' became a Broadway sensation, an Israeli film called ''Tuvia Vesheva Benotav'' (''[[Tevye and His Seven Daughters]]'') starring [[Shmuel Rodensky]] was released in 1968, as well as two Russian versions: ''Teve-molochnik'' (''Tevye the Milkman'') in 1985 and ''Myr vashomu domu!'' (''Tevye's Daughters'') in 2017.

In 2018, Jerusalem Ballet published a ballet adaptation based on both ''Tevye the Dairyman'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof'', by Russian [[ballet dancer]]-[[Choreography|choreographer]] Igor Menshikov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=49084|title=Jerusalem Ballet Presents Fiddler on the Roof {{!}} MidnightEast|last=Dekel|first=Ayelet|date=7 October 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref> Tevye has been portrayed by Israeli ballet dancer Meitar Basson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Jerusalem-Ballet-Fiddler-On-The-Roof-569927|title=Jerusalem Ballet-Fiddler On The Roof|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] {{!}} JPost.com|date=21 October 2018 |access-date=2020-01-26}}</ref>