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...SITS comfortably on the sofa in his Lowell House common room, senior Bruce G. Sabath's eyes light up only faintly when he speaks of his current role as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Their captivating brilliance is reserved for his actual presence on stage...
...FIDDLER SET IS SIMPLE, as is the staging, matching the serious tone o the musical while the simplicity of the stage adds an air of starkness and austerity the actors themselves dazzle the audience. One particularly effective scene is the song "Sabbath Prayer", where the cast is lighting a Sabbath candle. The small circles of light in the darkness are more effective than glittery scenery would...
...Fiddler in short is a traditional House show. The theatre is "intimate" (read: Crowded) but the strong performances and the immortal book music and lyrics make the evening vibrant cozy and fun in a way unobtainable on the impersonal Mainstage unfortunately, the orchestra gives the traditionally mediocre performance of most House orchestras; but since most people know the score by heart the fact that the players occasionally miss a note does not detract at all from the performance...
...believe I cried," said one theatregoer on her way out the door. I must have played the tape a million times and I still cried at the end. "This is another tradition, Even after seeing Fiddler a million times. You have to get a sort of quivery feeling in the pit of your stomach everytime the family loads its belonging into Tevye's milk cart and leaves Anatevka forever. And after such a time production the tears well up fairly early for the poignant leave taking scene...
...Fiddler cannot be called experimental theatre. It is no avant-garde drama in which no one know what to expect. But then again Fiddler is not outdated despite its well-worn themes and the troupe at kirkland stages the traditional musical with sparkle and flair revealing the show's appeal to people of all ages and all times. If you ignore tradition and skip seeing it you will miss something very special...