Springtime Theater in Milwaukee will feature a variety of Irish works throughout March and April in various theaters around the city. The University of Wisconsin, Madison theater program, will present Brian Friel's Philadelphia Here I Come in March, with a special St. Patrick's night performance scheduled. The play, which won a Tony Award on Broadway in 1966, is Friel's first … [Read more...] about Springtime Brings Irish Theatre to Milwaukee
Faith Healer
Brian Friel's latest play Faith Healer opened on February 7 at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. The play revolves around a faith healer named Frank Hardy who has toured with his manager (Teddy) and wife (Grace) around the rural villages of Wales and Scotland but is now returning home to Ballybeg, the fictional Donegal village that features in several of Friel's plays. The play … [Read more...] about Faith Healer
Grant Aid for Abbey Theatre
Ireland's Arts Council has announced that it will award the largest single grant in its history to the Abbey Theatre. The grant of 25.7 million euros (about $31.2 million) will be distributed over three years, and represents an increase of 43 percent in the theatre's funding. Fiach Mac Conghail, the Director of the Abbey, called the grant "a substantial endorsement of the … [Read more...] about Grant Aid for Abbey Theatre
Winter Ballet Ball
America's premier ballet academy, the School of American Ballet (SAB), held its second Winter Ballet Ball at Lincoln Center on February 15. Waterford Crystal was the generous sponsor of the Winter Ballet Ball and "The Encore" after party. The evening began with a cocktail reception followed by dinner and dancing in the glamorous Alien Room with its vistas of Columbus Circle … [Read more...] about Winter Ballet Ball
‘Lost’ and Found
Irish author Flann O'Brien (illustrated above) is enjoying, posthumously, a renewed and feverish interest in his work thanks to the hit ABC television show, Lost. O'Brien. whose real name was Brian O'Nolan. and who wrote under a variety of pseudonyms, produced wildly inventive humorous essays and novels. O'Brien's The Third Policeman sold 10,000 copies in two days after being … [Read more...] about ‘Lost’ and Found