Cindy Gold

Television’s First Lady

Playwright James Sherman (Chagall in School) returns to discuss his new play The First Lady of Television, now having its world premiere at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre. Jim shares his inspiration for the play; how his subject Gertrude Berg, creator of The Goldbergs (1949-1957) on both radio and television, was the second most famous woman in America (after Eleanor Roosevelt); his gratitude for his amazing cast, and how they’ve helped shape the script’s development through several readings and workshops; and how in rehearsals, he considers himself the head of the script department and lets the best suggestion win. (Length 20:44). (PICTURED: Cindy Gold as Gertrude Berg in the Northlight Theater production of The First Lady of Television, directed by BJ Jones. Photo by Greg Inda. Used by permission.)

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Remembering Frank Galati

Actor and professor Cindy Gold remembers her friend and colleague Frank Galati, the Academy Award-nominated and multiple Tony Award-winning writer and director who died last January. At a memorial held at Steppenwolf Theatre last Monday, Galati’s friends and artistic colleagues (including Mary Zimmerman, Robert Falls; Lois Smith, and Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty) remembered him as a generous and supportive artist in an event that was an inspiring celebration. Cindy shares her memories of working with Frank on his musical Loving Repeating (for which she won a Joseph Jefferson Award for playing Gertrude Stein); how Frank was a champion of the positive who had the ability to love an actor to a great performance; the joy of experiencing the “full Galati;” her talent to be a muse; and how Frank Galati continues to inspire. (Length 20:04)

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