Word: juliet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kisses for Cash. When Marzotto started his hotels, he already had some experience as a professional host in two unique restaurants near Verona. One is in the castle of the Montagues, the other is the castle of the Capulets, where Romeo called Juliet's love a dream "too flattering-sweet to be substantial." Marzotto turned such dreams into substance by renovating the ancient castles and charging couples 100 lire to kiss on Juliet's balcony...
...real name is Bento, and he does not start out a sourpuss. At the age of 15, Bento's head is full of great but nebulous expectations: "After Napoleon, lieutenant and emperor, all destinies are possible in this century." His heart throbs for Capitu, a dark-haired Juliet with "eyes like the tide when the undertow is strong." Bento's mother had dedicated him to the church at birth, but the seminary is not for Bento. He wins his release along with a seminarist friend named Ezekiel, and goes off to law school. Then he comes home...
...humor comes from the audience's knowing that the orchestra leader hates the male singer and is attempting to drown him out, or that a lead dancer has lost his partner and is improvising wildly. Though this extreme in intimacy is the only innovation in Me and Juliet, it is a considerable...
...them; the shifts between the backstage plot and the on stage musical are so frequent that none of the principals is seen often enough. This is especially true of Joan McCracken, pixie-faced little dancer whose number, "It's Me," is the show's comic high point. Helena Scott, Juliet in the sub-musical, has a fine, near operatic voice; and like all the leads, she projects each word of the lyrics distinctly...
With its bright, novel dances and costumes, its staging and cast, Me and Juliet deserves success. It's just hard to believe that it was written after South Pacific. ARTHUR J. LANGGUTH