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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Macken – a Model, an Actor, a Director, and Much More

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Another Dublin Murders star, Conleth Hill, is among the impressive cast of Irish talent putting out a film called Here Are the Young Men. Based on the Dublin-set novel of the same name, the film explores the lives of young men in Celtic Tiger Ireland, who party too hard as they try to avoid life’s more adult questions. The film also stars Sing Street actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Macken – a Model, an Actor, a Director, and Much More

The Rep Takes Broadway

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Séan Campion and Conleth Hill of Stones in His Pockets and the legendary Shirley Jones headlined a spectacular cast of performers appearing in The Irish Repertory Theater's 8th Annual Broadway Benefit on Monday, June 4. Founded by Ciaran O'Reilly and Charlotte Moore, the Irish Rep enjoys a reputation for stellar performances and this evening was no exception. The many Irish … [Read more...] about The Rep Takes Broadway

Stones in His Pockets

By Irish America Staff
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by 1 Comment

Even The Fonz turned out to celebrate the Broadway opening of the hit Irish play Stones in His Pockets. And it's no wonder, this show is a hit wherever it goes. After enjoying a run as the toast of the town in London, this black comedy by Marie Jones has won glowing reviews in New York, described in The New York Times as "one of those plucky little dark horses so cherished in … [Read more...] about Stones in His Pockets

Broadway in Their Pockets

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Two years ago they were hardly known, now Séan Campion and Conleth Hill are the toast of Broadway. In a departure from the world of big-budget films and special effects, Conleth Hill, 37, and Séan Campion, 41, create a world of characters and situations on a nearly bare stage with no props, as they bring to life the story of a Hollywood film-crew's effect on a small … [Read more...] about Broadway in Their Pockets

Theatre: Stones in His Pockets

By Seth Linder, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by

The West End hit comes to Broadway. Seth Linder talks to playwright Marie Jones. "It's just amazing, never in a million years could I have imagined it." Belfast playwright Marie Jones is talking of the imminent Broadway run of her play Stones in His Pockets, the story of two extras in an Irish village where a Hollywood film is being shot. The play, which debuted at the … [Read more...] about Theatre: Stones in His Pockets

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October 16, 1854

One of Ireland’s most famous playwrights and novelists, Oscar Wilde was born on this day in Dublin in 1854. Wilde was born to a wealthy family. His father was an eminent Dublin surgeon and his mother was a talented poet, where Wilde likely inherited his passion for writing from. He attended Trinity College Dublin and then went on to study at Magdalen College Oxford. His works, like the play “The Importance of Being Earnest” and novel “The Picture of Dorian Grey” are riddled with wit and aestheticism.

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