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Jay Brazeau's Tevye keeps the audience entertained.
KYLE BERGER REPORTER
Matthew Rossotf and Advah Soudack are two o( the four Jewish performers In Fiddler.
Ihad always loved the play Fiddler on the Roof when I was a child. However, after watching various Hebrew high school productions, movies and sing-along versions of the show, I had come to the point where I eventually lost my enthusiasm for the classic play.
Then, on assignment for the Bulletin Nov. 21,1 attended the opening night of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre's production of the show and I fell in love with Fiddler all over again.
For those who may have been in hiding from the theatrical or musical world. Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of Tevye, his wife Golda, their five daughters, and the rest of the Russian village of Anatcvka.
Set in the early 1900s, as pogroms and other anti-Jewish demonstrations spread throughout the country, Fiddler established its theme of the challenges that come with adjusting to change almost immediately through the song "Tradition," whidi explains how the Jews in the smaU village survived by living in a world of roles, expectations and, of course, traditions.
The lovable, yet stubborn, Tevye is forced to balance accepting changes in love and relationships with the love he has for his daughters.
Playing the role of Tevye was Jay Brazeau, who has also had roles in various film and television projects like Double Jeopardy, Air Bud 4, A Muppct Christmas and the Vancouver-based drama Da Vinci's Inquest.
One of the challenges of succeeding with a popular show like Fiddler is finding a way to offer something different to an audience that is likely quite familiar with many of the play's songs and scenes.
Led by Brazeau and director Michael Shamata, the cast and crew did an excellent job adding their own magic to the entire production, allowing even the most knowledgeable Fiddler fan to enjoy the show like it was their first time.
For example, Brazeau had the audience smiling, laughing and cheering as he jiggled his belly through his version of the song, "Ifl were a Rich Man."
Another well choreographed and entertaining scene was when Tevye tells his wife of a dream he had in which Golda's deceased mother paid a visit to tell them that their oldest daughter Tzeit-cl should marry Motel, the poor tailor, rather than Lazar Wolfe, the wealthy, old butcher.
Though the entire cast did a convincing job portraying early 20th-century Russian Jews, only a handful were actually Jewish. Advali Soudack played Tevye's third, and most rebellious, daughter Chava, and Hayley Fox was Shprintze, the fourth daughter. Abraham Je-didiah (Abraham Rogatnick) was the village rabbi and Matthew RossofT handled the roles of the fiddler, Kostya, the Russian dancer and Chaim, a villager.
The show's choreographer, Lisa Stevens, is also Jewish.
If you've never seen Fiddler before, this version of the show may ofTef as good an opportunity as any to really appreciate the magic of the story. If you're a Fiddler veteran who just can't get enough of Yentc the matchmaker in your Hfe, you won't be let down by anyone in this village of Anatevka.
Fiddler on the Roof will continue to play at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre through to Dec. 21. Tickets can be purchased by calling 604-280-3311 or 604-873-3311. Q
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