Howard Miller takes a look at All I Want Is One Night:
France's iconic chanteuse, the famous "little sparrow" Édith Piaf, was renowned for facing a life beset with endless blows and challenges with a determined proclamation of defiance: "Non, Je ne regrette rien" (I regret nothing). Hold on to that image while we talk about another French cabaret singer from the same era, roughly from the late-1920s through the post-World War II years. Her name was Suzy Solidor, and it would seem that, unlike Piaf, she regretted quite a bit, at least as she is portrayed in Jessica Walker's play All I Want Is One Night, opening tonight at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. . . . |
