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April 10, 2022
A new Broadway musical reminds us that long before the American Civil War, Irish immigrants and Black Americans lived – and often loved – in the same notorious slum neighborhood of the Five Points in Lower Manhattan.
April 9, 2022
Inspired by what he calls “credit card filmmakers” such as fellow Irish Americans Kevin Smith and Ed Burns, Daniel McCarthy ran up the bill on his pocket plastic to make his crime caper Irish Eyes, which will have its East Coast premiere in Boston on November 23.
April 6, 2022
Spend a few hours in "a little bit of Eden" at Paradise Square, a new original musical on Broadway in the 2022 season. With a cast of 40 to perform rousing ensemble songs and vibrant dance numbers choreographed by dance legend Bill T. Jones, Paradise Square is a return to the mega-musicals of the 1990s and the early 2000s, sharing themes and styles with shows like Ragtime that have come before it.
April 4, 2022
Read the latest reviews for must-see plays, musicals, and theater productions at NewYorkTheaterGuide.com.
March 27, 2022
About 20 minutes into the musical "Paradise Square" a piece of unscripted magic occurs on the dance floor of a bar in New York City’s Five Points.
March 24, 2022
About 20 minutes into the musical "Paradise Square" a piece of unscripted magic occurs on the dance floor of a bar in New York City’s Five Points. ...
March 10, 2022
Abdon Moriarty Pallasch on Larry Kirwan's Paradise Square, which blends Irish and African-American music and culture. Opening March 15.
February 15, 2022
The HBO period drama wanted to depict an elite class of 19th-century Black New Yorkers with historical accuracy. Its cast and creative team worked to portray them with dignity.
February 11, 2022
Part II I had high hopes for Charles Dineen. Lots of people did. He went to work each day, leaving behind his wife and three children in the apartm...
January 31, 2022
Some thoughts on being Irish-American. As a proud Irish-American, I begin with a simple assumption: there is no way to precisely define that elusive, complex human category called the Irish-American. The tools of sociology are as inadequate to the task as the forms of the Census Bureau, and the jeweler's art of the lexicographer can't