One more issue needed resolving before rehearsals started: what was the show going to be called? The authors and Prince had batted around ideas for months and they all agreed only that "Tevye" was too bland and too vague. "A Village Story," "To Life," "Listen to the Fiddle," "Make a Circle," "Once There Was a Town": their list kept growing, but nothing zinged. "To Light a Candle," "My Village," "Three Brides and a Man," "A Village Tune," "Homemade Wine," "Not So Long Ago," dozens more. The authors liked "Where Poppa Came From," but Prince preferred a name that suggested that the show was a musical. In late March, he called the question. "Anything on the list will do," Stein told him. "I don't care anymore." Prince scanned the list and made the choice. "But it doesn't mean anything," Stein said. Prince shrugged and replied, "Well, that's the title." Fiddler on the Roof went into rehearsal on June 1.
Alisa Solomon "Wonder of Wonders" (2013)
