Search for connection after loss
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...
March 02, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Standing up, speaking out
When the members of Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly gathered on July 1, 1998, it wasn’t the DUP or Sinn Féin that challenged the new system f...
March 01, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Artists cast loving light on style and soul of sidelined South Bronx
They met “40 something” years ago, Rigoerto Torres told me, speaking of himself and his partner in art John Ahearn, while we chatted one recent aft...
February 23, 2023
by Peter Nolan
'Let Her Go Boys!' is another home run for Old Time Records
Starting this week with a quick note to say that I just learned Mick Mulvey (who is originally from London but who now lives in Carrick-on-Shannon)...
February 21, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Dad's ghost
Duke University, 1984. The night was a milestone in the life and career of actor Jared Harris, star of “The Crown, “Mad Men,” “Chernobyl,” “The Ter...
February 16, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Imperial subjects return 'home'
“My father was a civil servant and he had worked for the British civil service until 1920 when the change of government meant he decided he didn’t ...
February 15, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Casey album is filled with gorgeous original songs
Safe journey to the great singer Donie Carroll, who has just gone to Bangkok, Thailand, to carry on work with the Mercy Centre. Carroll has been an...
February 13, 2023
by Daniel Neely
'Endgame,' 'The Smuggler' runs extended at Irish Rep
The Irish Repertory Theatre have announced extensions for the first two productions of their 2023 season. Currently in performances on the Francis ...
February 10, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Chocolate Treats for Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine has a close connection to Ireland, specifically Whitefriars Church, the Carmelite priory in Dublin, which is said to hold the saint...
February 09, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
Comedy asks: Are we 'knowable'? Do we live parallel lives?
L. Harris is dead, alone and unseen in a New York City apartment with no next of kin and no mourners. In the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ense...
February 08, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Making jest of remnants of life
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...
February 07, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Doyle & McAuley release trad album with crossover appeal
Folks, I’ll start this week with the announcement that Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will hold its North America Province Convention at the Bethesda ...
February 06, 2023
by Daniel Neely