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International Association of Theatre Critics <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This preview appeared
in the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">News-Herald </I>3/13/09</SPAN><B
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Award winning actor Hal
Holbrook has been playing author Mark Twain for 55 years, which is nearly as
long as Mark Twain played Mark Twain.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Donning thick white wig and mustache, Holbrook has performed his one-man
show on tour and on Broadway over 2100 times.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Close on his heels is
local actor Marty Ross Moskow.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He
is about to embark on his 32<SUP>nd</SUP> production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fiddler on the Roof</I>, having performed in
numerous community productions, a professional tour and a stint in one of the
show’s Broadway revivals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
upcoming Geauga Lyric Theater Guild production is the 20<SUP>th</SUP> time
Moskow will have played Tevye, the lead role in the musical, with the opening
Saturday night of this production marking his 1000<SUP>th</SUP> <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fiddler</I> performance. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">Fiddler on the
Roof</SPAN></I><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"> tells a tale
of the hardships of Jewish life in the fictional Russian village of Anatevka in
1905.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It centers on <A title=Tevye
href=""><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Tevye</SPAN></A>,
a dairyman and the father of five strong-willed daughters, who struggles to
maintain the day-to-day existence of his family and the integrity of his faith’s
traditions while the modern world and a tsarist government seek to terminate
both.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT
size=3>The musical’s title was inspired by a wall panel painting by Marc
Chagall.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It depicts a joyous
fiddler sitting on a chair perched on a roof and playing in a state of imbalance
and peril—a metaphor for survival by maintaining an enthusiasm for life and
clinging fast to tradition.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT
size=3>The original Broadway production of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fiddler on the Roof</I>, which opened in
1964, won nine Tony awards, including Best Musical and Best Composer and
Lyricist for Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s masterful work.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The show was so successful it was
brought back to Broadway in 1976, 1981, 1990, and again in 2004.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"><FONT
size=3>What inspired 68-year-old Moskow to dust off his milk cart one more time
and take to the stage?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Quite
frankly, all it took was a friend calling my attention to the audition notice,”
admits Moskow.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“It had been nearly
twenty years since I performed this show in New York and nearly ten years since
I performed it last.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was time.”
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>“Marty walked in, already looking like Tevye, and clearly understood the
style and nuance of the role,” says director Karen Porter.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He also brings with him first-hand
knowledge of the rites and rituals that are so much a part of this show.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His parents were both Russian Jews and,
although he embraces the tenets of both the Jewish and Christian faiths, the
traditions that were handed down to him inform his portrayal and add
authenticity to the GLTG production.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>“The script merely calls for a ‘wedding dance’,” notes Porter, “and Marty
is able to help fill in the blanks.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Over fifty cast members comprise this production’s population of
Anatevka, the result of a huge outpouring of interest from local actors. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Embracing the “community” in community
theatre, Porter accommodated as many players as possible and put their
collective talent to good use in the ensemble.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The production also features Julie
Douglass as Tevya’s wife, Golde, Sarah Wyatt as their oldest daughter Tzietel,
Civia Wiesner as Yente, Jim Ray as Lazar Wolf, David Fox as Perchik and Chad
Duwe as Motel.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">Not having
access to the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Geauga
Theater</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <SPAN
lang=EN>stage for rehearsals, due to performances of the children’s production
of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Once on This Island</I>, this enormous
cast has had to make do with make-shift work spaces around town.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This has included the theatre’s annex
building, the Chardon Town Hall, the log cabin on the square, the Methodist
Church and St. Mary’s Church.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“We
haven’t even opened,” laughs Porter, yet we’ve already gone on tour.”
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT
size=3>Details<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">What:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN></SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Fiddler
on the Roof</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">When: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>March 13 through
April 5 (8pm Friday and Saturday, 2pm Sunday)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Where:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> G</SPAN>eauga Theater,
101 Water Street, Chardon.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Tickets: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>$12-14<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Info:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>440-286-2255
or </FONT><A href=""><FONT color=#0000ff
size=3>www.geuagatheater.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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