After the Jewish expulsion from Anatevka, Tevye was approached by Hollywood agents. We would love to turn your story into a musical. Tevye being illiterate had to perform all the songs for the composers to transcribe. He was all put off by zero Mostel and Maximilian Shell being cast as him, considering he was a skinny bald guy, and those two were giant hairy dudes. The play was a smash hit, Tevye produced a sequel where the featured song was. I am a rich man. That play bombed. He lost everything. Even the house with the longer stairway coming down.