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Dancing at Lughnasa

By Colin Lacey

November/December 1998

September 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment

"You work hard at your job. You try to keep your home together. You perform your duties as best you can because you believe in responsibilities and good order. And then suddenly you realize there are cracks appearing everywhere, the control is slipping away, and that the whole thing is so fragile it can't be held together much longer." The scene is Ballybeg, Co. Donegal in … [Read more...] about Dancing at Lughnasa

Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Year in the Life of Brosnan

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

It looks like we’ll see Pierce Brosnan singing and dancing before we see him trying to prevent the escape of three dozen Irish Republican Army soldiers from a Northern Irish prison. This summer, look for Brosnan, as well as Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep, and Cher, in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. It’s been ten years since the gang first got together on a Greek island to belt … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Year in the Life of Brosnan

Kevin’s Seagull

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by

New Yorkers are in for a treat this summer with the Public Theatre's production of Anton Chekov's classic, The Seagull in New York's Central Park. The Russian play about artistic frustration is being directed by Mike Nichols and will star such big names as Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, and IA's own cover boy, Kevin Kline. ♦ … [Read more...] about Kevin’s Seagull

Reclining With Kevin

By Marilyn Cole Lownes, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Kevin Kline is seriously funny. Blame it on his Irish side.Settling back into a plush maroon velvet banquette in the restaurant of the Mark Hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Kline sips his cappuccino, then leans forward in a conspiratorial fashion and smiles. "She was definitely in charge." Agnes Kline, his mother, was of Irish descent and a Catholic, and Robert, his … [Read more...] about Reclining With Kevin

Film Forum:
No Non-Irish Need Apply?

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Ethnic casting issues in movies.Our moviegoing experience would be much diminished if we had never had the chance to see Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia, Greer Garson as Mrs. Miniver, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, or Kenneth Branagh as Henry V. We would have been equally impoverished if we had not seen Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone … [Read more...] about Film Forum:
No Non-Irish Need Apply?

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Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s debut play “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” wins four Tony awards for its 1998 Broadway production. Director Garry Hynes wins for best director, the first woman to do so at the Tonys. Marie Mullen wins best actress. Annie Manahan wins best supporting actress and Tom Murphy wins best supporting actor. The success of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” inspired McDonagh to complete his Leenane Trilogy with “A Skull in Connemara” and “The Lonesome West.”

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