There are spirits in the spirits of the Irish Repertory Theatre’s current revival of “The Weir,” where strangers gather in search of friendships, u...

There are times when it befalls the critical spectator the unenviable task to make verdicts on an artist’s mastery; to defend or dissuade without a...

The sins of our actions have come home to roost in a comedy that sets course for catastrophe, yet narrowly escapes its fate, raising controversial ...

If Bill Irwin might profess one secret about the writing of Samuel Beckett, it is that he hasn’t quite got it on the nose. “It’s a bugger of a play...

With a longing look back in the early morning rain, the Irish Repertory Theatre’s revival of “Philadelphia, Here I Come!” waves one more heavy-hear...

Lisa Hannigan, music's prolific "Passenger," is making a stop-over in the States this week, with a handful of new tunes in tow. Fans of Hannigan ha...

When we revert back to the romance of the past, it evokes an eventual disdain for ourselves; not merely for the falsifications and self-deception s...

It may often be said, after our luck has been weathered and expectations have settled that a marginal effort and a touch of kindness can go a long ...

A beguiling time has swooped by from the skies, as one play flew over the chicken coop at the Irish Arts Center this weekend, from April 28-30, in ...

In the days of digitized indifference and superficial screens, it remains no mystery why the handwritten note is the unrivaled message of the heart...

Pillow talk has never felt quite so clinical, or revealing, than in the U.S. premiere of “Conversations After Sex,” a one act as explicit as the na...

On the chessboard the rules go that when a checkmate is made, the players cease their play, not for want to try, but in seeing the endgame lose the...