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Irish Repertory Theatre Gala Honors

By Irish America Staff
September / October 2018

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The Irish Repertory Theatre began its 30th-anniversary season honoring Tina Sainti Flaherty, the author, philanthropist, and businesswoman, at its annual gala on June 4 at the Town Hall in N.Y.C. Broadway stars, such as Jeremy Irons and Melissa Errico, backed by a live orchestra and a full chorus, celebrated the life and music of Alan Jay Lerner on the centenary of his birth, … [Read more...] about Irish Repertory Theatre Gala Honors

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
August / September 2002

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Recently we've seen hot young Dubliner Colin Farrell starring alongside Tom Cruise in Minority Report. Then there's Belfast's own Ciaran Hinds appearing in not one but two summer blockbusters. There's former Irish TV star Victoria Smurfit falling for Hugh Grant in About a Boy. And there's Cork-born theater legend Fiona Shaw falling for...Mira Sorvino? Dressed in drag? It's all … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

Jeremy’s in the Pink
Mumba Doesn’t Mind

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2001

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Wrapping up production this summer is Dreamworks' remake of the 60's film, The Time Machine. Starring in the Spielberg feature, due out December 2001, are Jeremy Irons and up and coming Irish pop star, Samantha Mumba. The two reportedly are getting along spectacularly on the set. Mumba's mother said, "Jeremy was such a gentleman to Samantha. He made her feel right at home by … [Read more...] about Jeremy’s in the Pink
Mumba Doesn’t Mind

Seeing Beckett on
the Silver Screen

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2001

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Film adaptations of two Samuel Beckett plays Not I and Krapp's Last Tape, were screened in New York City on September as part of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. The films are a part of the ambitious project to film all of Beckett's 19 plays and is being produced by Michael Colgan of the Gate Theater and Alan Moloney. Eight of the plays have been filmed so far and … [Read more...] about Seeing Beckett on
the Silver Screen