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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...
...Sabath's powerful performance stems from his acting experience while in high school. In his freshmen year at Harvard, Sabath played a minor role as an evil merchant in Aladdin at the Agassiz, but in high school Sabath played such roles as Faggin in Oliver Twist, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and surprisingly, but yet not so surprisingly, Tevye. Of all these roles, Sabath says he favors the role of Tevye...
...Tevye is a well-developed character," Sabath explains. "He's a happy character with a good sense of humor but he also has a dark side which comes across as his emotional side in the play." Sabath adds both his sense of humor and his strong emotions allow him to adjust to the whole world falling apart around him. He is the one who is forced to deal with change when the other characters don't realize what is happening...
...photographs of his high school's production of Fiddler, Sabath looks almost the same as he does on stage at Kirkland House five years later. He wears the same rust vest and flannel shirt belonging to his father. Although the Tevye's of then and now may appear similar, Sabath's portrayal of them is not the same. "Since I had already learned the lines I was able to concentrate more on the character and what he was experiencing," Sabath notes...
...memorable in the show--his transformation from the sky and stammering neighbor boy into the suitor who boldly proclaims his love for Tevye's daughter Tzeitel (Suzanne M.F. Tanner) rings true throughout. The others hold their own during the individual scenes, but fade into the background when Pellegrini and Sabath join them on stage...