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Film Review: ‘The Eclipse’ Starring Ciarán Hinds
'The Eclipse' is a 2009 collaboration between actor Ciarán Hinds and writer-director Conor McPherson, who are still forces to be reckoned with in theatre. The film effectively merges supernatural horror and romance.
Read More »Theatre Review (London’s West End): ‘Girl from the North Country’ at the Gielgud Theatre
Conor McPherson's musical is a sensitively crafted production about the Great Depression, featuring great tracks from Bob Dylan's rich discography.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Girl from the North Country’ by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan
I cannot imagine any writer but Conor McPherson effectively providing such a dramatic flight path to Bob Dylan’s repertoire. The playwright’s eerie, atmospheric writing effectively implies connections between the material at hand and otherworldly realms. Dylan’s titular song is part of the hybrid McPherson musical Girl from the North Country, …
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Seafarer’ Starring Matthew Broderick at the Irish Rep
Even one as horrific as the seafaring Devil may deserve a bit of sympathy. His job to separate mankind from God so the Christmas Child can bring them together is a bitter, noxious one. This and the play's other messages shine in the fullness of glory in this production.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway): ‘Shining City’ Starring Matthew Broderick
Is there a metaphysical realm that our five senses cannot apprehend? If so, do spirits visit us to help us when we are in turmoil?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Weir’ by Conor McPherson at the Irish Rep
There is nothing like a ghostly story to perk up one's mind and ears. And for three men and a woman in a remote pub in rural Ireland, the stories are real, even though in the light of dawn, ghosts fade away.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Weir’ by Conor McPherson at the Irish Repertory Theatre
A the denizens of an Irish country pub chat and gossip, then go on to spin the supernatural tales that are the meat of the drama, a vivid outside world of time and space unfolds – and a world beyond as well.
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