How director Conor Begley fashions and melds the two plays together just takes one's breath away. The acting ensemble is extraordinary. Bagley's economically staged direction enhances their creation of life and ineffable soulfulness, and he does his hero Brian Friel justice in these superlative renderings.
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Bill Irwin in ‘On Beckett’ at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Irwin gets inside Beckett as an actor, and also explores his work from the perspective of clown theatrics.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Watching and hearing this "live radio play" adaptation, we process a confluence of the past (1940s) and present (2017). The two run simultaneously, a visual and aural parallel which adds to the fun. I felt strangely part of an absurdist time warp as observer and participant.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie’
Is this land your land or is it the banker's land?
Read More »Theater Review: (NYC): ‘Crackskull Row’ at The Irish Repertory Theatre
When the spiritual world and the material world come together, a shattering reformation leads toward heaven and hell.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pigeon in The Taj Mahal’ by Laoisa Sexton
It is the unexpected meetings that hold the most promise to take us out of the killing routine of our lives.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Afterplay’ by Brian Friel at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Twenty years from now, where will you be? This beautifully rendered production's concision and acutely threaded authenticity are a breath of fresh air.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Burial at Thebes’ by Seamus Heaney
Should we take a stand against laws that are unjust? Are unjust laws even to be honored as laws?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Burial at Thebes’ by Seamus Heaney, a Version of ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles
First produced by Dublin's legendary Abbey Theatre 11 years ago, the Nobel Prize winner's play strips Sophocles' cautionary tale of honor and overreach to its dramatic core.
Read More »Irish Repertory Theatre Hosts Memorial Honoring Brian Friel, With Gabriel Byrne and Jim Dale
As Broadway dimmed its lights for a minute on Tuesday evening in remembrance of this great soul and most unique voice of the theater, all those in the theater world understood that Friel's shoes will not be filled easily. And who better than the Irish Rep to honor him?
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