Golda's Balcony
is a play by William Gibson.
It follows the trajectory of the life of Golda Meir from Russian immigrant to American schoolteacher to a leader of international politics as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Much of its focus is on the period surrounding the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Israel was attacked by Egypt and Syria. Gibson's drama suggests Meir threatened Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger with the launch of nuclear weapons against her enemies, conceivably starting World War III, unless the U.S. came to her country’s aid.
Gibson first explored Meir in 1977 in his multi-character work Golda
, which was produced on Broadway with Anne Bancroft in the title role. Never fully satisfied with the piece, he decided to tackle the subject matter once again, this time in the form of a one-woman play.
After fourteen previews, Golda's Balcony
, starring Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Scott Schwartz, opened on October 15 2003 at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for 493 performances, making it the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history .
Feldshuh was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
In 2006 the play was adapted into a film of the same title, starring Valerie Harper.
The term Golda's Balcony
refers to the nickname given to an area in inside the secretive Dimona nuclear weapons facility from which VIPs can observe some of the activity taking place in the underground portion of the facility.
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Golda's Balcony
is a play by
William Gibson.
It follows the trajectory of the life of
Golda Meir from
Russian
immigrant to
American schoolteacher to a leader of international
politics as the fourth
Prime Minister of Israel. Much of its focus is on the period surrounding the 1973
Yom Kippur War, when Israel was attacked by
Egypt and
Syria. Gibson's drama suggests Meir threatened
Richard Nixon and
Henry Kissinger with the launch of
nuclear weapons against her enemies, conceivably starting
World War III, unless the U.S. came to her country’s aid.
Gibson first explored Meir in 1977 in his multi-character work
Golda
, which was produced on
Broadway with
Anne Bancroft in the title role. Never fully satisfied with the piece, he decided to tackle the subject matter once again, this time in the form of a one-woman play.
After fourteen previews,
Golda's Balcony
, starring
Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Scott Schwartz, opened on
October 15 2003 at the
Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for 493 performances, making it the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history .
Feldshuh was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and won the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
In 2006 the play was adapted into a film of the same title, starring
Valerie Harper.
The term
Golda's Balcony
refers to the nickname given to an area in inside the secretive
Dimona nuclear weapons facility from which
VIPs can observe some of the activity taking place in the underground portion of the facility.