Mary Gutzi, veteran actress, will be featured as Golda Meir in a Readers Theatre presentation next week at The Actors Group at the Brad Powell Theatre at Dole Cannery.
The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 4 and 5.
The resource is “Golda’s Balcony,” by William Gibson, best known for “The Miracle Worker.” Vanita Rae Smith, veteran director and founder of the Readers Theatre during her era as director at the Army Community Theatre, will direct.
The play opens in 1973, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War. Told in flashbacks, the tale tracks Meir’s life, including her childhood in Russia, her time as a schoolteacher in Milwaukee, and her emigration to Palestine.
The play also focuses on Meir’s struggles to achieve peace and make difficult moral choices and suggests that she threatened to launch nuclear weapons against her enemies unless the U.S. helped Israel.
Gutzi is a veteran of the stage, known for a myriad of shows here, nationally, and internationally and admits she’s done shows in all 50 states. Her career spans more than five decades and a variety of roles. She recently played Mother Superior in “Sister Act” in South Korea and in Japan.
Her Great White Way credits include “Ragtime” (Emma Goldman) and “Les Miserables” (Fantine), and she has toured in “Ragtime,” “Sunset Boulevard” (Norma Desmond) and “Cats” (Grizabella).
A nomad, she has maintained an apartment in New York and storage space in Los Angeles, and hip-hops to roles and jobs wherever and whenever possible.
While in the Islands, Gutzi is engaged in private coaching and welcomes actors and singers and new performers.
“Golda Meir” tickets are $20, available at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/tag/items/601229/calendar/2025/02/ Information: (808) 722-6591
Around town…
Singer-composer Gail Mack is starting the New Year with a couple of gigs with her friends.
Her playdates, both at Mango Street Grill in Wahiawa, are:
- Feb. 16, 5 to 8 p.m., with Lance Luke, Keith Hiraoka and Bobby Nishida.
- March 16, 5 to 8 p.m., with Luke and Hiraoka.
For reservations, call Daryl at (808) 627-5451…
Legendary folk singer and composer Judy Collins makes a lone and rare appearance at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at Blue Note Hawaii at the Outrigger Waikiki resort.
She is known for numerous chartbuster hits, including “Both Sides Now” and “Send in the Clowns.” Ticket availability is limited; call (808) 777-4890…
Broadway grosses, for week ending Jan. 26
“Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald, made a huge leap to No. 2 among the Broadway hit shows, for the week ending Jan. 26. Two other shows made their debut on the Top 10, with “Wicked” retaining its No.1 slot.
The Top 10:
1—”Wicked,” $2.415 million
2—”Gypsy,” $1.781 million
3—“The Lion King,” $1.688 million
4—”Hamilton,” $1.609 million
5—”Sunset Blvd.,” $1.445 million
6—”All In: Comedy About Love,” $1.424 million
7—”Death Becomes Her,” $1.208 million
8—”MJ The Musical,” $1.155 million
9—”Aladdin, “ $1.145 million
10—”The Outsiders.” $1136 million
The full list courtesy the Broadway Guild:
And that’s Show Biz…