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Rifkin, whose portrayal of
the Holocaust survivor in
Jon Robin Baitz's Substance
of Fire is the substance of
award-winning roles.
Ron Rifkin won both the
Obie and Drama Desk
Awards when he played the
part off-Broadway prior to
its cm-rent run at the Mitzi
E. Newhouse Theater at
Lincoln Center.
"There are people who
know what they want to do
since they were 2 or 3," says
Mr. Rifkin. "I was one of
them."
In the intervening years,
Ron Rifkin has built up
quite a bio with such Broad-
way credits as The Tenth
Man, also at Lincoln Center;
The Goodbye People; and
Come Blow Your Horn.
On TV, Mr. Rifkin co-
starred in "One Day at a
Time" and "Adam's Rib,"
among other series; as well
as such TV movies as "Do
You Remember Love?" and
"Concealed Enemies."
Ron Rifkin can't conceal
the fire and passion he feels
for his role in Substance of
Fire.
"The play was written for
me," he says of Baitz's play

in which a man's attempt to
get even with history puts
him at odds with his family.
"When someone does
something like that for you,
you want to like it."
Mr. Rifkin's role doesn't
disappoint. "Isaac is a
mythic figure, one of those
people that great writers
write about," he says.
But, says the actor, to call
Substance a play about the
Holocaust is to miss the
substance of what the
playwright is attempting to
do. "His intention is to write
a play about the war and the
after-effects," says Mr.
Rifkin.
"This is not a play about
the Holocaust, but about a
man who experienced the
Holocaust."
In the actor's extensive
experience, he has come
across many Jewish-oriented
roles. Acting on such turf,
Mr. Rifkin is no stranger.
Raised in an Orthodox en-
vironment, Ron Rifkin was
Shomer Shabbat until he
m7as 30. That was 20 years
ago. Why "reform" when
you've been observant more
than half your life?
"I was putting tefillin on
one day = which is a serious
business — and I just felt

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