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Tom Hanks set to host New York Irish Rep Theater’s fundraiser (IrishCentral)

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:48:17 PDT

By: Irish Voice Reporters

The Irish Repertory Theatre in New York has scored quite a coup for its annual gala fundraiser next month – two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, currently starring in the Broadway megahit Lucky Guy, will act as host of the party.

A rock and read - An evening at the Irish Rep Theater (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:16:58 PST

The Irish Repertory Theatre gears up for March Madness 2013March Madness takes on a new meaning for the Irish and for myself in particular As you may have read in these pages, I have launched my new book, This Is Your Brain on Shamrocks2: 50 Shades o’ Green and I will be kicking things off in New York with an evening of rocking and reading at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 pmOne of the great things about this job is that you get a ringside seat to the best and brightest talent in the Irish American arts and entertainment circuit, and I do believe we have a stellar lineup READ MORE

A Phil Coulter Christmas at the Irish Rep Theater - “Songs I Loved So Well” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:16:22 PST

Phil CoulterPhil Coulter is giving his New York fans a special treat for the holidays with a run of concerts he has called The Songs I Love So Well at the Irish Repertory Theater on West 22nd Street which begin on Thursday, November 29Of course, the songs he has written are ones we love so well "My Boy," "Home from the Sea," "The Man from God Knows Where," "Keep a Candle in the Window," and his signature "The Town I Loved So Well" will be woven into the show, along with holiday songs “as that time draws nearer,” according to the man himself This legendary musician and producer is seeing a career resurgence, thanks to the runaway success of the Celtic Thunder and its series of shows READ MORE

Artists lend their helping hands for Sandy victims at the Irish Rep Theater (IrishCentral)

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:01:20 PST

Irish Repertory TheatreFor those who spend time with musicians, you know that they are usually the first responders when it comes to donating their time and talents for any kind of a benefit It’s no surprise that many are willing to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy and other causesComing up on Monday night at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chelsea is a major benefit organized on behalf of the Mercy Centre (mercycentreorg) in Bangkok founded by Father Joe Maier who rescues innocent children from the street culture and sex trade neighborhoods and provides safe homes and education for them READ MORE

Brian Friel’s powerful “Freedom of the City” comes to New York’s Irish Rep Theater (IrishCentral)

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:47:31 PDT

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

Brian Friel’s 1974 Broadway play “The Freedom of the City”, directed by Ciaran O’Reilly, is set for an October run at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York.

New York’s Irish Rep theater announces its fall schedule - Brian Friel, Julian Sands, Phil Coulter and more (IrishCentral)

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:21:21 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre has launched its 25th Anniversary Season with Brian Friel's “The Freedom of the City” with previews set to begin October 3.

Irish SXSW award winning horror movie “Citadel” set for US theater distribution - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:19:15 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Irish horror movie Citadel won big at this year’s South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), picking up the Midnighters Audience Award. To top off this already impressive feat, the movie was recently picked up for US theater distribution by Cinedigm, and for DVD/Blu-Ray distribution by New Video.

Who Speaks for Ireland? Rebel voices in “Blood” & “Dancing at Lunacy” (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:14 PDT

The sign at The Cell Theater entrance warns “TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE OF ‘BLOOD’ AND ‘DANCING AT LUNACY’ CONTAINS THE SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE”Take that as a sign that there’ll be none of the season’s shamrock and leprechaun sentimentality, so brace yourself for a riveting duet of dramas on rebellious Ireland, each built around a trio of all-too-human, and in one case, quite inhuman, revolutionaries “Blood” by rocking Renaissance man Larry Kirwan, conjures a likely scenario for a mystery of the history in the run-up to the 1916 Easter Rising, while the aptly named “Dancing at Lunacy” tells of a helter-skelter clash of IRA operatives in an illegal drinking club in Belfast of 1984The opener, “Blood,” is a story of three key historical figures of the Easter Rising told in three scenes, the first brief vignette set in 1916 in Kilmainham Jail where, bound to a chair, is James Connolly (Ciaran Byrne)--common man, communist, head of the Irish Citizen Army—ruing the day he allied with his co-conspirators in the failed Easter Rising, cursing the Irish people who failed to rally to the cause:“Shower of bastards - spittin' at us and spatterin' us with horseshite as we were frog-marched out of the GPO and into this hellhole!”Scene Two goes the heart of the drama, a flashback to 1913 when Connolly disappeared, held in secret for three days by the rival Irish Republic Brotherhood READ MORE

Eugene O’Neill’s “Beyond the Horizon” lights up the Irish Rep’s stage (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:55:25 PST

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

Irish writers have always shined a bright light into the darkest parts of human nature. In this sense Eugene O’Neill, although born in New York and raised in Connecticut, is an Irish writer of the first order, because literally nothing escapes his lighthouse gaze.

A cell for Irish theater - “Blood” and “Dancing at Lunacy” (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:30:20 PST

Some interesting theater rolls into Manhattan this week, courtesy of one of our favorite rockers!The Cell Theatre (338 West 23rd Street; 646-861-2253) combines the one-act plays of Black 47’s Larry Kirwan and Seamus Scanlon, writer of Irish short stories, into an evening of provocative, inimitably Irish theaterKirwan’s Blood is based on the actual disappearance of James Connolly, trade union organizer and leader of the Irish Citizen Army on January 19, 1916 He returned four days later, his only comment, “I have been through hell” Connolly had been captured by the rival Irish Republican Brotherhood, led by Padraig Pearse and Sean McDermott READ MORE

Gabriel Byrne to present Eugene O’Neill Award to Irish Rep theater founders (IrishCentral)

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:51:57 PDT

By: JANE WALSH

Gabriel Byrne will present the Irish American Writer's & Artists annual Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award to Irish Rep founders Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly, in an evening of "literary libation."

Black 47’s Larry Kirwan explores in his new play 'Rebel in the Soul' (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:15:27 PDT

Larry KirwanBlack 47’s Larry Kirwan is internationally known as a rock ‘n’ roll rebel, but he is no stranger to the theater as wellHis play, 'Liverpool Fantasy,' a humorous take on the Beatles if they had broken up immediately and tried to reunite, was a hit in DublinNow he returns with a play of a different sort 'Rebel in the Soul' deals with the confrontation in 1951 between Dr READ MORE

A history lesson on stage at the Irish Arts Center (IrishCentral)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:15:22 PDT

Irish Arts CenterThere is another star-studded post-graduate seminar in store for New York City area residents thanks to the Irish Arts Center and Dr Mick Moloney coming up on Thursday, October 13 at Symphony Space at 8 pmThe history lesson this time is an entertaining look at the early musical theater popularized in New York City late in the 19th century spilling over into the early 20th century that preceded Broadway as we know it READ MORE

Colin Farrell charms the public as he sneaks in to see Brad Pitt’s ‘Moneyball’ (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:13:13 PDT

Colin Farrell by Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesIrish hunk Colin Farrell gave the folks working at a multiplex movie theater outside Toronto a big thrill when he showed up with his sister Claudine on Saturday night for a showing of Brad Pitt’s MoneyballFarrell walked into the place wearing a large hat to hide his face, but his expensive looking boots and Irish accent gave his identity away when he went to the popcorn counter at the theater in Mitchell, Ontario Rather than harassing the star, though, the star-struck girls behind the counter called their boss to let him know that a VIP was in the house“He was just very charming and very nice,” Jeff Logan, owner of the Logan Luxury 5 Cinema, told the Mitchell Republic READ MORE

The Irish Repertory Theater: A Class Act (IrishCentral)

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:40:49 PDT

By: MARY PAT KELLY

Let us now praise the Irish Repertory Theater, New York, and congratulate founders Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director, as they receive the 2011 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish American Writers and Artists. The award is given annually to “an Irish American writer or artist who has created a body of work that places them among the great artists and entertainers of all time.” Charlotte and Ciarán join two previous honorees, acclaimed author William Kennedy and iconic actor Brian Dennehy.

Moved by movement - Irish Rep’s ‘Noctu’ is mesmerizing - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:10:27 PDT

Noctu at the Irish Rep in New YorkI just saw the most incredible performance -- the kind of thing that completely takes you out of your headI rarely used the overused word but here it is, "mesmerizing" It was so unexpected because I didn't know what to expect Noctú, an Irish word that you are going to have to look up, is an Irish dance group in New York as part of the Imagine Ireland series READ MORE

'Jig' the Irish Dance Movie Rocking Theaters Now (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:30:32 PDT

In ninety-three edge-of-your-seat minutes, Jig producer Sue Bourne takes her audience from neighborhood Irish dance studios across the globe to the coveted podium of the 40th Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne, held in Glasgow in 2010 If you're at all familiar with the culture of competitive Irish dancing, you will be delighted to share the journey made by the very best of these athletes; otherwise, you're in for an education and a treat!Meet friendly rivals Julia O'Rourke from the Petri in New York and Brogan McCay from McConomy in Derry, Northern Ireland; young John Whitehurst and his idol World Champion Joe Bitter who study with 8-time World Champion John Carey TCRG in England; Will Sandun, a Sri Lankan adopted and brought up in the Netherlands known as "The Flying Dutchman"; the three young ladies - all friends - who have battled for the top title for 15 years; the unlikely Ceilidh team of adult Russian ladies from Moscow who with Tir na nOg's Shane McAvinchey TCRG are unwavering in their pursuit of excellenceJig opened in theaters across the United States on Friday, June 17th View the trailer here:For North America's favorite Irish dancing magazine delivered directly to your mailbox, subscribe now! READ MORE

A Festival Of Irish Theater Across New York City (IrishCentral)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:40:17 PDT

A festival of Irish Theatre Across New York City | 1stIrishorg September 7 to October 4, 2010 POWERED BY ORIGIN THEATRE COMPANYGeorge HeslinORIGIN Theatre Company, founded in 2002 by George C Heslin, is a not-for-profitcross-cultural theatre company dedicated to the cultivation, development, and interpretation of new and emerging European playwrights by offering New York audiences American premieres of their workOrigin has been carving a place for innovative, European writing in New York since its inception in 2002 READ MORE

Irish theater reborn in the Bronx this weekend (IrishCentral)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:42:47 PST

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

There's only on place to be in New York City this weekend. On Saturday, a new theater company is starting up in the Bronx featuring the latest work of a variety of well-known writers and directors including the three Irish founding members Colin Broderick, Don Creedon and Stephen Smallhorne.

Irish theater fans walk out over bad language (IrishCentral)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:49:23 PST

By: BRIDGET ENGLISH

American theater-goers are more used to bad language than Irish people. Or maybe we're more polite!