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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

Stones in His Pockets

By Irish America Staff
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Even The Fonz turned out to celebrate the Broadway opening of the hit Irish play Stones in His Pockets. And it's no wonder, this show is a hit wherever it goes. After enjoying a run as the toast of the town in London, this black comedy by Marie Jones has won glowing reviews in New York, described in The New York Times as "one of those plucky little dark horses so cherished in … [Read more...] about Stones in His Pockets

Broadway in Their Pockets

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Two years ago they were hardly known, now Séan Campion and Conleth Hill are the toast of Broadway. In a departure from the world of big-budget films and special effects, Conleth Hill, 37, and Séan Campion, 41, create a world of characters and situations on a nearly bare stage with no props, as they bring to life the story of a Hollywood film-crew's effect on a small … [Read more...] about Broadway in Their Pockets

Theatre: Stones in His Pockets

By Seth Linder, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by

The West End hit comes to Broadway. Seth Linder talks to playwright Marie Jones. "It's just amazing, never in a million years could I have imagined it." Belfast playwright Marie Jones is talking of the imminent Broadway run of her play Stones in His Pockets, the story of two extras in an Irish village where a Hollywood film is being shot. The play, which debuted at the … [Read more...] about Theatre: Stones in His Pockets

Seeing Beckett on
the Silver Screen

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2001

December 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

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

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September 18, 1964

On this day in 1964, Irish playwright Sean O’Casey died from a heart attack at the age of 84 in London. Born in Dublin on March 30, O’Casey first developed an interest in playwriting when he and his brother would put on Shakespeare plays for their family. He joined the Gaelic League in 1906 and became very involved with nationalism politics, leading him to Gaelicize his birth name of John Casey to Sean O’Casey. His first accepted play was “The Shadow of A Gunman,” which performed at the Abbey Theater in 1923. Two plays, “Juno and the Paycock” and “The Plough and the Stars,” would follow to make up O’Casey’s “Dublin trilogy.” He met his wife, Eileen Carey while in London and lived there until his death.

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