Blithe Spirit at the Walnut Street Theatre: A Gem Production

By Sabina Clarke Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit which made its debut at London’s Piccadilly Theatre in 1941 is one of Coward’s greatest works. The Walnut Street production directed by Bernard Havard President and Producing Artistic Director captures the spirit of… Continue Reading

“Always…Patsy Cline” at the Walnut…Simply Marvelous!

By Sabina Clarke Country singer Patsy Cline was just 30 years old when she died in a plane crash 59 years ago on March 5th, 1963. She was on her way home from a benefit concert in Kansas City, Kansas… Continue Reading

Father David Cregan Makes Triumphant Return…to Villanova Stage in Curtains…A Musical Whodunit

By Sabina Clarke Father David Cregan returns to the Villanova stage after a 13 year hiatus in the leading role as Detective Frank Coffi in Kander and Ebb’s musical murder mystery Curtains. Curtains opens in 1959 with the mysterious death… Continue Reading

Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? — 5 Questions for Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels

By Katharine Gilbert The Irish Edition is celebrating the collaboration of two of our outstanding writers Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels who have recently presented the play Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? At the Commodore John Barry Arts &… Continue Reading

Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? — 5 Questions for Steve Gulick

By Katharine Gilbert The casting of Steve Gulick as the Franciscan Provincial in the staged reading of Rendezvous in Bangkok…Who Killed Thomas Merton? written by Sabina Clarke and Thom Nickels was brilliant. Gulick has a natural sense of historic figures… Continue Reading

TO ‘SYNGE’ ITS PRAISES: A Month of Irish Drama at the Sedgwick Theater

By Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew This was my first visit to the Sedgwick Theater in Mt. Airy and my first sample of the Quintessence Theatre Group’s work, and I can only say I wish I had experienced both sooner. Not only was… Continue Reading

Lantern Theater’s A Skull in Connemara Puts the ‘Mac’ in ‘Macabre’

Reviewed by Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew So, who needs a closet when skeletons are part of your cast of characters? No matter if they’re somewhat, errm, not exactly disembodied, but let’s say, disarticulated. Isn’t that a sign of our times anyway? As… Continue Reading

Trending Fiach—The Abbey Theater’s Vibrant Artistic Director

Caption: Fiach MacDonghail, artistic director of the Abbey Theatre, in front of a poster for “Terminus” at the Annenberg Center     |     Photo © Katharine Gilbert By Sabina Clarke When Fiach MacConghail was appointed artistic director of Ireland’s… Continue Reading

Actor Ciaran Hinds and award-winning playwright Conor McPherson

discuss the rave reviews of  McPherson’s shocking new film, The Eclipse. Their previous successful collaboration was on Broadway in  McPherson’s  highly acclaimed, long running play, The Seafarer. So far, McPherson’s  latest  film  The Eclipse has garnered three Irish film and… Continue Reading

Society Hill Playhouse ‘Theatre isn’t an Elitist Activity’

By Frank Dougherty The Philadelphia theater that did for Irish-American wakes what Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding did for Italian-American connubial bliss this month is marking 50 years of presenting preeminent American and European stage productions. “The works of Irish playwrights… Continue Reading