A Fiddler on the Roof

In early March I was cast as Lazar Wolf in The Players Guild of Dearborn's production of Fiddler on the Roof. We opened last weekend and did a gala performance of it last night in honor of Michael Guido, the late Mayor of Dearborn. Guido died of pancreatic cancer - the same cancer that killed my father - and the gala proceeds went to a local cancer institute.
Up until we opened I wasn't sure we had a show. There were glimmers, but there were also a lot of bumps and potholes. It was something like, "One week will it ever be right, when, out of that hat it's that big first night." The show has actually gone quite well. Mike Moseley is terrific as Tevye. The older daughters, played by Sydney Dombrowski, Anna Hnatiuk, and Maura Donovan, are very good. Brian Townsend gives his usually solid performance playing Motel KamZoil. Margaret Winoweicki is brilliant as Fruma Sara. And, Val Sisto, bless his heart, is wonderful as the Rabbi. Val and I performed together in 1961 in a Guys and Dolls with the Wyandotte Community Theatre. Val is 87 now and I think it's really great that he got this role and is playing it for all it's worth.
The picture is of me in one of my Lazar costumes. I was in the properties passageway between the main dressing rooms and the Green Room in the basement of The Guild. I took the picture of my reflection in the mirror with my iPhone. I've been amazed by the quality of the pictures that this simple camera gets.
We have nine more performances of Fiddler. I hope you get an opportunity to see it.