Life, marriage at the crossroads
At the halfway stage of the 2023 1st Irish Festival, Fishamble Theatre Company returns from on high to present the U.S. premiere of Eugene O’Brien’...
January 20, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Dylan Thomas's Christmas classic awakens child within
With a joyous jingle of bells, the Irish Repertory Theatre entreats us to merrily remember a festive refrain: it’s Christmastime in the City. A qua...
December 14, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Generation gap apparent at St. Ann's Warehouse
It is a disconcerting feeling to be reminded that progress hasn’t been made; when we’ve taken one great step back, that the politics behind our art...
November 29, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Should the doctor prescribe fact or fiction?
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared in a speech at Yale that “the greatest enemy of truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, ...
November 09, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
'Platonov' adapation taps deep into collective psyche
It takes the derisive and cynical mind to express the thought that all order must collapse, and that the indulgence of our dreams are destined to c...
October 24, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Muldoon is inspired by McCabe's musicality
On a scorching July morning, hot enough to sear a swine on a Hell’s Kitchen curb, Asher Muldoon bravely shuts the window behind him, for the clarit...
August 01, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Negga superb in aimless 'Macbeth'
The ever-effervescent Ruth Negga brings a sharp, defining performance to a bloodbath of bland in Sam Gold’s latest production of “Macbeth” at the L...
July 05, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
'Poet' touches on hot-button issues
A biting requiem for a bygone dreamer is heard wailing through the walls at the Irish Repertory Theatre this week, as the bell tolls for the modern...
March 30, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Life and time are one in 'The Same'
Who among us, when we by chance happen upon something or someone from our yesteryears, has not known the unmistakable feeling: a rush of comfort, a...
February 22, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
"Made by God' doesn't judge
In an age where social argument has reached a fever pitch and divisiveness towards the other opinion is at breaking point, it is vital to realize t...
February 17, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
A Festival of Remembrance
As all that is well must end well, so too does the 14th annual Origin’s 1st Irish Festival, which concluded on Monday with reflections of hope and ...
February 03, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
Streamed plays focusing on place
The recordings of stories can be heard humming over the ocean this week, as two Irish theatre companies present their new plays from sea to shining...
January 25, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix