Word: goldsmith
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little singing, a little dancing, a little hootchy-koo: these alone, some would say, make up a musical. Cabaret piles political and historical meaning on top of the basic elements, in a melange that often trips up directors. This production's director, Scott Goldsmith, however, masterfully sidesteps a problem that plagues many musicals: uneven singing, acting or dancing, by performers cast for their talent in only one area. Cabaret's strength lies in a group of multi-talented performers who never let any side of the show down, handling its weighty acting demands as skillfully as the song-and-dance...
...gilded Hall of the Consistory is reserved for sacred rites. This time, however, a flock of first-nighters led by Pope John Paul II himself, in a front-row-center armchair, filled the hall for a special performance of Polish Playwright Andrzej Jawien's allegory, The Goldsmith's Shop. The play, about three married couples with differing problems and a goldsmith who represents God, drew a chorus of clerical bravos, which was no surprise. Jawien was the nom de plume under which John Paul, then Polish Bishop Karol Wojtyla, wrote the play 20 years ago. The playwright-turned...