Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness 2012

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 

Hillel Halkin
Himself 

Jason Kravits
Menachem Mendi 

Dan Miron
Himself 

Peter Riegert
Tevye 

Alan Rosenberg
Narrator