Culture

Ridiculous, absurd, but instantly recognizable
Culture
Ridiculous, absurd, but instantly recognizable
Dublin's reforming Archbishop Diarmuid Martin might approve of the novel "The Brothers' Lot," which is set in a Dublin school run by the Brothers o...
Earley shines in breakout role
Culture
Earley shines in breakout role
"Death Takes a Holiday" By Thomas Meehan/Peter Stone • Music & Lyrics: Maury Yeston • Directed by Doug Hughes • Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura P...
Cherish the Ladies travel down 'country crossroads'
Culture
Cherish the Ladies travel down 'country crossroads'
For several years in a row, Vince Gill, who personifies the best in country music as a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, hosted the Coun...
Vindication can be sweet
Culture
Vindication can be sweet
Author John Connolly is expected at NYU in September. Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott William Geary was a 29-year-old policeman when he was ...
Williams in a minor key
Culture
Williams in a minor key
The Pretty Trap By Tennessee Williams • A Cause Celebre Production, Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row, NYC • Through August 21, 2011 If he were still aliv...
O'Brien and O Raghallaigh create a 'deadly buzz'
Culture
O'Brien and O Raghallaigh create a 'deadly buzz'
To bee or not to bee: that was the question facing native Dublin musicians Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh. How do they follow up the treme...
The write stuff
Culture
The write stuff
Celebrated NYPD detective and author, Ed Conlon, drew 104 years of family service in the Long Blue Line to a close two weeks ago with his retiremen...
Daly shows mastery in 'Class'
Culture
Daly shows mastery in 'Class'
Master Class by Terrence McNally • Starring Tyne Daly • Directed by Stephen Wadsworth • Manhattan Theatre Club, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre • Throug...
Gleeson relishes cop role in 'The Guard'
Culture
Gleeson relishes cop role in 'The Guard'
Brendan Gleeson says the chance to play Irish Police Sergeant Gerry Boyle in the new dark comedy "The Guard" was simply too irresistible to pass up...
Leo Moran,  lead guitarist, The Saw Doctors
Culture
Leo Moran, lead guitarist, The Saw Doctors
1. So give us a thumbnail sketch: where were you born and raised? Do you come from a musical family? I was born and reared in Boston, a place you a...
Poet Terence Winch pours a potent 'fifth'
Culture
Poet Terence Winch pours a potent 'fifth'
Poetry is a lie that tells the truth. No matter how autobiographical it may seem, no matter how enriched it is by actual people or incidents, verse...
War, in Hynes' sight
Culture
War, in Hynes' sight
Irish theater director Garry Hynes says she has been looking forward to bringing her critically acclaimed production of Sean O'Casey's infrequently...



 



Donate