ABOUT JOSEPH STEIN
Playwright who wrote the musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba, which is about a young American inheriting an abandoned mine on Crete.
He attended Columbia University, earning a Master of Social Work degree.
He was part of the writing team for Your Show of Shows with Mel Brooks .
He married Sadie Singer.
He wrote the play Zorba, which starred Antonio Banderas .
