'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
Boucicault holds nothing back: Moore
The Irish Repertory Theatre is bringing drama back to the New York streets, with their latest on-stage production this season, Dion Boucicault’s “T...
January 05, 2022
by Kevin Phoenix
A tale of two cities, both New York
The times may change, but the streets of New York remain the same for the Irish Repertory Theatre’s holiday production of “The Streets of New York,...
December 29, 2021
by Kevin Phoenix
Rationality loses meaning in her world
Wounds that are left to linger, anger unquelled, and atrocities left unanswered, need a place to be spoken, and to be heard, before it’s too late. ...
December 01, 2021
by Kevin Phoenix
Dueling banjos between two maestros
As a lifelong disciple of Bob Dylan, the thought of hearing his lyrics belted out from the footlights and kitsch of Broadway appeared to be, in all...
November 17, 2021
by Kevin Phoenix
Coping with slow theft of time
This is how the world ends: not with a “bang,” but with an interlude of anger and laughter, before all has gone quieter, darker and still. That is ...
October 21, 2021
by Kevin Phoenix
Theatre will survive: Rep’s O’Reilly
A curtain is raised on the proscenium of New York, and the great work of drama begins on our hallowed stages once more. There is something to be do...
October 06, 2021
by Kevin Phoenix