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Where Irish Eyes Are Smilin'... In The Theatre

Where Irish Eyes Are Smilin'... In The Theatre

Since today's the day when everyone and everything is a wee bit Irish, it's time to take a stroll down the Great Green Way.

Even though Monday's are the day when most of Broadway is dark -- and certainly all eyes, Irish and other, will instead be focused on New York's new Governor David Paterson -- perhaps it's just as well. Despite the abundance of Irish playwrights hitting Manhattan in recent years, it's a bit surprising that only one of them is currently represented among the Main Stem theatres: Conor McPherson via his superb The Seafarer., playing at the Booth Theatre through March 30.

Here's what I had to say in January about the performance:

In his mesmerizing new and often funny morality play set on Christmas Eve -- in a hellhole of a home (courtesy of Rae Smith's shambles of a set design) in Baldoyle, a tiny town north of Dublin -- McPherson proves he's all aces. Both writing and directing this cautionary tale, he magnificently weaves a harrowing, on the edge of your seat nailbiter that's as much about giving the devil his due as it is about the potential for redemption for two card-playing good-for-nearly-nothing drunks for brothers.

If tomorrow comes and you're still in the mood to get your Éire on, consider taking in this terrific show. After all, the Irish are known for keeping the party going and this one is hot.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

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Labels: Broadway, Conor McPherson, Play, Special Messages, St. Patrick's Day, The Seafarer

posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Monday, March 17, 2008