‘Fiddler was very well received in London. The big surprise, however, was not that it went well in London, but that it went well in Japan. Japan was the first non-English production and I [Joseph Stein] was very nervous about how it would be received in a completely foreign environment. I got there just during the rehearsal period and the Japanese producer asked me, “Do they understand this show in America?” And I said, “Yes, of course, we wrote it for America. Why do you ask?” And he said, “Because it’s so Japanese.”’
Joseph Stein, ‘Fiddler on the Roof and me,’ The Guardian (May 18, 2007, 13:37 CEST), <Fiddler on the Roof and me | Stage | The Guardian>; <Why ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Is a Hit in Japan - Tablet Magazine>;
Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Joseph Stein’s “Fiddler on the Roof” and me,’ New Reform Club (May 17, 2026, 4:59 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2026/05/joseph-steins-fiddler-on-roof-and-me.html>;
