In 2018, New York-based National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene reestablished Fiddler on the Roof as a piece of seminal Jewish culture, translating the script and lyrics into Yiddish with English supertitles, and employing a top-notch cast led by Steven Skybell as Tevye and directed by Joel Grey. What was planned as a six-week engagement became an 18-month phenomenon, earning the Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Musical and becoming one of the most talked-about theatrical events of the decade. The results were historic, praised as fresh, authentic, personal, and highly emotional. The New York Times critic Jesse Green exclaimed, “even the jokes were making me cry.”