Bruce Sabath
Searching for Tevye: A Musical Journey from Brighton to Broadway
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, December 6, 2022
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
Bruce Sabath has a compelling story to tell, and he told it with great passion in his cabaret show, Searching for Tevye: A Musical Journey from Brighton to Broadway. Under the expert guidance of Tanya Moberly, the possessed and charming performer shared his life journey from doing what was expected of him to pursuing his lifelong dream. As a successful but discontented Harvard-educated Wall Street wheeler dealer, with the support of his wife he switched careers and became an actor. Success on the stage in high school, at summer camp, and in college led to a taste of fame and performance, but he put that aside when adulthood called.
During the evening, he recreated some of those early triumphs, such as Fagan (“I’m Reviewing the Situation” from Oliver!) and Mr. Applegate (“Those Were the Good Old Days” from Damn Yankees). These cameos were gems; with ease he portrayed these characters in great detail. At age 17 he had his first chance to play his dream role of Tevye, but the dairyman would reenter his life several times in the future. As a member of a Harvard a cappella group, he was also introduced to the Great American Songbook. This account led to a lovely medley that included “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Isn’t It Romantic,” and “Night and Day.” Sabath showed a masterly grasp of this genre and delivered the romantic music and lyrics flawlessly to set the mood.
Recalling a Sondheim-focused phase of his life post Wall Street, he gave a fine reading of the very personal “The Road You Didn’t Take” that seemed somewhat autobiographical. Sondheim became even more important in his life when Sabath was cast in a production of Company in Cincinnati to be directed by John Doyle. The fact that he had played clarinet in high school came in handy given the “actors as musicians” approach the director took with this production. (Sabath also played the guitar with flair). Within his cabaret show, he recreated such numbers from the score as “The Little Things You Do Together,” “Have I Got a Girl for You,” and “Sorry-Grateful.” It was this production that travelled to New York City and marked Sabath’s Broadway debut. He received lovely notices and was soon receiving a flood of theatrical offers from both Broadway and regional theaters.
Finally he had the chance to audition for the Yiddish version of Fiddle on the Roof. He was hired to play Lazar Wolf, but in time he was also asked to understudy his dream role of Tevye. This was a daunting challenge, but within his show he celebrated this triumph with a brilliant performance of “If I Were a Rich Man,” in both Yiddish and English, as well as a crowd-pleasing finale of “To Life (L’Chayim).
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” This sent the audience out on a high from Sabath’s reliving of that rarest of things: a dream fulfilled.
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