Theatrical Performance Review:Fiddler on the Roof

On Thursday, September 19th I attended Fiddler on the Roof, performed at the Lewiston Civic Theater. This was an extrinsic play about a Russian Jewish family during the reformation. One might say that this play would qualify as both a comedy and a romance. The director, Fred Scheibe, did an excellent job in the production of this play, and the actors put on an excellent performance.
The plot of the play was linear in structure, and was extrinsically depicted. The show began with a very definitive exposition. Each character was introduced and well developed early in the show. The point of attack taken was at the “beginning” of the story. There was no retelling of past events, only an explanation and identification of characters and present situations. The inciting incident could be defined when Tevye is forced with a decision of whether or not to break a previous agreement and permit his first-born daughter, Tzeitel, to marry the man she loves. This incident also pos...