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Tag: Brian Friel

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[NYC] TRANSLATIONS (Irish Rep): Searching for clues

Toby Zinman November 10, 2023 No Comments

The danger with a Brian Friel play is charm. No stage Irishmen here at Irish Rep’s production, no comical drunkenness. Another danger, especially in a…

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John Cannon (Luka) and Barbaraluz Orlanda (Elena) in Irish Heritage Theatre’s 2023 production of THE BEAR. Photo by Trina Iarosis
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THE BEAR & AFTERPLAY (Irish Heritage Theatre): An unbalanced take on Chekov

Frank Schierloh March 5, 2023 No Comments

Two one act plays from playwright Brian Friel, as he takes on some of Anton Chekov’s work

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MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): Make Ireland Great Again

Cameron Kelsall May 31, 2017 No Comments

Brian Friel the Irish Chekhov.

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MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): A very human Irish history play

Dorie Byrne May 30, 2017 No Comments

A great play for history buffs and hibernophiles.

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Leading the Blind: Interview with the director and cast of Irish Heritage Theatre’s MOLLY SWEENEY

Henrik Eger October 5, 2016 No Comments

We presented five questions to IRT’s Peggy Mecham, the director, and the three cast members: Kirsten Quinn as Molly Sweeney, the blind woman; Ethan Lipkin as the husband; and Michael P. Toner as the physician.

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MOLLY SWEENEY (Irish Heritage Theatre): That the blind may see

Jessica Foley October 4, 2016 No Comments

Turn off your phones, step away from your laptops, and run, don’t walk to the Irish Heritage Theatre’s first ever Barrymore-eligible production.

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TRANSLATIONS (Villanova): Mapping identity

Owen Hamill April 17, 2016 No Comments

When the British army renames the Irish village of Baille Baeg with an Anglicized name, the villagers must decide if it’s still the same place they’ve always known.

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DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Curio): Casting Disaster

Jessica Foley March 13, 2014 1 Comment

The summer of 1998, I permanently moved out of my mother’s house. (My mother moved down to Nashville abruptly and without me.) So I traveled…

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