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Weekly Comment:
Feminism, Equality, and
the Abbey Theatre

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February 19, 2016

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Next Sunday, Fordham University in New York will host a discussion about the inequalities women face in Irish theater in conjunction with the Waking the Feminists movement, a counterpoint to the Abbey Theatre’s “Waking the Nation” program aimed at drawing attention to the lack of female voices in Irish drama. “Waking the Nation,” a ten-play program announced last October to … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Feminism, Equality, and
the Abbey Theatre

DruidShakespeare Comes to America

By Irish America Staff
June / July 2015

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Galway’s Druid Theatre Company comes to Lincoln Center in New York this July with DruidShakespeare: The History Plays. Penned by Mark O’Rowe, the production pares down versions of the bard’s four plays about the English monarchy. The plays will be presented as a marathon theatrical experience, or in two consecutive installments by the Druid Ensemble, a “remarkable company,” … [Read more...] about DruidShakespeare Comes to America

What Are You Like?
Jim Norton

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2014

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Jim Norton has been acting since he was ten years old. From radio plays as a child to guest roles on TV shows like “Frasier” and “Cheers” to award-winning Broadway plays, Norton has run the gamut of acting possibilities and can’t imagine himself doing anything else. Currently, he’s on Broadway in the limited-engagement revival of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, also starring … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Jim Norton

Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
October 25, 2013

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Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre has returned to New York with a new one-man show created and performed by Eamon Morrissey, veteran actor of the Irish stage and screen. Maeve's House, which centers on the life and work of writer Maeve Brennan, is playing at the Irish Arts Center through November 10 (its run was recently extended for five more performances), and is a must-see for … [Read more...] about Maeve’s House: A Journey Through the Years

The Testament of Mary: Tóibín, Shaw and Warner at the PEN World Voices Festival

By Adam Farley. May 6, 2013.

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Several years ago, Colm Tóibín taught an evening class at the New School in New York. He called it “Relentlessness,” and before each class, he would drink a mix of a double espresso, Coca Cola, and sugar that he said he thinks pretty well mimics the effects of cocaine, and, as he put it in a panel discussion at the PEN World Voices Festival on May 3, “just go.” At least once, … [Read more...] about The Testament of Mary: Tóibín, Shaw and Warner at the PEN World Voices Festival