Tag Archives: Irish Rep

Twenty years from now, where will you be? This beautifully rendered production's concision and acutely threaded authenticity are a breath of fresh air.

Should we take a stand against laws that are unjust? Are unjust laws even to be honored as laws?

First produced by Dublin's legendary Abbey Theatre 11 years ago, the Nobel Prize winner's play strips Sophocles' cautionary tale of honor and overreach to its dramatic core.

As Broadway dimmed its lights for a minute on Tuesday evening in remembrance of this great soul and most unique voice of the theater, all those in the theater world understood that Friel's shoes will not be filled easily. And who better than the Irish Rep to honor him?

There is nothing like a ghostly story to perk up one's mind and ears. And for three men and a woman in a remote pub in rural Ireland, the stories are real, even though in the light of dawn, ghosts fade away.

A the denizens of an Irish country pub chat and gossip, then go on to spin the supernatural tales that are the meat of the drama, a vivid outside world of time and space unfolds – and a world beyond as well.

The one-night-only show will include performances by Gabriel Byrne, Olympia Dukakis, Melissa Errico, Colum McCann, Peter Gallagher, John Slattery ('Mad Men'), and more.

The one-night-only show will include performances by Gabriel Byrne, Olympia Dukakis, Melissa Errico, Colum McCann, Peter Gallagher, John Slattery ('Mad Men'), and more.

The Irish Rep presents a new play that's old-fashioned in the best way, a funny, sad, affecting and deep tale of forbidden passion and survival amid senseless violence.

Irish Rep presents a revival of a thoroughly old-fashioned Johnny Burke musical based on the movie The Quiet Man.