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Ireland’s Poet Patriots Is a Musical Experience Not to Be Missed

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Ireland’s Poet-Patriots: A Musical History, which premiered last year in San Francisco to correspond with the centenary of the 1916 Rising, is coming to Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral on October 12. The one-night performance will illuminate 140 years of Irish history, featuring the inspired words of 12 Irish poets and patriots set to music by American composer Richard B. … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Poet Patriots Is a Musical Experience Not to Be Missed

Irish Rep Honors Sondheim

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The Irish Repertory Theatre celebrated its 2017 gala at the New York Town Hall in June. The evening, “Sondheim at Seven,” recognized the work of one of America’s greatest musical artists, Stephen Sondheim. Angela Lansbury introduced this one-night-only musical revue which included as many hit songs as could fit into 90 minutes. A galaxy of Broadway stars performed selections … [Read more...] about Irish Rep Honors Sondheim

North America Acts Irish

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Community theater groups from throughout the United States and Canada converged at the Geva Theater Center in Rochester, New York for the 24th Annual Acting Irish International Theater Festival in April. The adjudicated festival, founded in 1993, consisted this year of seven full-length productions presented over five days, all of which were attended by Oleans-based theater … [Read more...] about North America Acts Irish

Beckett’s Bodies

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by 1 Comment

“Dance first, think later. It is the natural order.” These are the words made famous by the characters of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot; characters who, Beckett delighted in suggesting, cannot move beyond their texts, never to experience the “later” in question. But what happens when dance is a vehicle for thought? When the body is infused with metaphor, filling its every … [Read more...] about Beckett’s Bodies

Dinner and “The Dead”

By Neil Hickey, Contributor
December / January 2017

December 2, 2016 by 7 Comments

The Irish Repertory Theatre mounts an immersive production of James Joyce’s famous short story “The Dead.”  Dublin, January 6, 1904. The Feast of the Epiphany. At the townhouse of the elderly Morkan sisters, Kate and Julia, their annual dinner and musicale is in full swing and a dozen guests are in spirited holiday mode, dancing, laughing, singing, reminiscing, and … [Read more...] about Dinner and “The Dead”

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