Vivien Goldman: my Kid Creole musical was a hard nut to crack
Three decades after I met Kid Creole and the Coconuts while profiling them for NME, their musical Cherchez la Femme has finally reached the New York stageThe curtain rises. Anticipation always quivers in that phrase, but never more than for first-time dramatists working a young cast. My co-writer on the musical Cherchez la Femme, however, is a proven bet: the musician and actor August Darnell. An experienced juggler …