Tony-winning Irish actor Jim Norton has returned to Broadway in Finian’s Rainbow, a joyful big-budget revival of a golden-era classic that’s become that rare thing: an almost critic-proof Broadway musical. CAHIR O’DOHERTY talks to the veteran Irish actor and his A-list Broadway castmates about starring in the most hotly anticipated show of the season. Irish poet and dramatist … [Read more...] about At Rainbow’s End: An Interview with Jim Norton
Interviews
William Trevor: A Sculptor of Words
By Frank Shouldice
Ireland's foremost writer of fiction talks to Frank Shouldice. For writer William Trevor there comes a moment when it’s time to stop. Whether drafting a novel or a short story he arrives at a moment of completion, the point at which all work is done. He will have written, rewritten and reworked elements of the story numerous times, agonized over plot, fussed with characters, … [Read more...] about William Trevor: A Sculptor of Words
William Trevor:
A Sculptor of Words
By Frank Shouldice
Ireland's foremost writer of fiction talks to Frank Shouldice.
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For writer William Trevor there comes a moment when it’s time to stop. Whether drafting a novel or a short story he arrives at a moment of completion, the point at which all work is done. He will have written, rewritten and reworked elements of the story numerous times, agonized over plot, fussed with … [Read more...] about William Trevor:
A Sculptor of Words
Andrew Strong: Life After The Commitments
It is difficult to think back to the Irish film The Commitments without remembering the stunning vocals by Andrew Strong playing the character Deco Cuff, the lead singer in the film’s eccentric Dublin band. At the ripe age of sixteen, Strong began filming the drama based on a novel by Roddy Doyle. His distinct voice quickly became associated with the most memorable scenes of … [Read more...] about Andrew Strong: Life After The Commitments
J. Courtney Sullivan: Graduating from Chick Lit
J. Courtney Sullivan is, just like each of her engaging and multifaceted characters in Commencement, far from two-dimensional. In our conversation, she tells me stories about sending copies of works by feminist activist and scholar Catharine MacKinnon anonymously to boys after a terrible first date, and refers to her expression of newfound political views in her younger years … [Read more...] about J. Courtney Sullivan: Graduating from Chick Lit