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To Life (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'To Life'" is a song from the 1964 musical 'Fiddler on the Roof'.__NOTOC__
Synopsis
The Jewish people of Anatevka joyously sing a hopeful song in the face of an uncertain future. It also serves as a toast to celebrate a wedding agreement between Tevye and Lazar.
Seen and Heard wrote "In the inn scene Tevye leads a toast To Life featuring an extravagant display of Jewish and Cossack folk dancing".
Critical reception
'NewsWorks' described it as a "winning song", and added "the perfectly paced scene changes the tone of the production and accelerates its beat". The 'Toronto Star' says it is a "raucous tavern brawl". 'Chicago Theater Review' deems it a "joyous barroom anthem". Decent Films Guide names it "boisterous". 'NC Arts Review' jokingly noted "Russian dancers show off their cultures great history of destroying their kneecaps through dance".
In other media
A modified version of the song was sung by Dafna Dekel and Sigal Shachmon during the interval act of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.
In the eighth episode of the first season of The Big Bang Theory, Drunk Sheldon Cooper performs the song at the Cheesecake Factory.
See also
*L'Chaim
References
Category:1964 songs
Category:Songs from Fiddler on the Roof
Category:Songs written by Jerry Bock
Category:Songs written by Sheldon Harnick
Category:Wedding songs
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