Lights over Warsaw: A constellation of crackshot directors is reanimating Polish theatre--and Grzegorz Jarzyna is their leading luminary. (Where in the World).

WARSAW: it's hard to argue with success. Grzegorz Jarzyna's career as a stage director has been brief, brilliant, inconsistent, controversial--and, here in this bustling East European theatre capital, meteorically successful. He's the Polish equivalent of a pop star, idolized by adoring fans, stalked by gossip columnists, exclaimed over in glossy magazines. (To suggest that there's no American equivalent is an understatement. When's the last time you spotted your favorite theatre director on Entertainment Tonight?)

Why the fuss about Jarzyna (yar-ZHEE-na)? It may have less to ...

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