The Plays Of March

This may be the last "theme month" for awhile, as I've accumulated a stack of stuff I simply want to get to without corralling them into a group. (By the by ... if anyone has suggestions for how to "read" a musical, I'd love to hear 'em. Read the book, then listen to the soundtrack as I get to each song? I might like to do a month of musicals somewhere along the line here.)

But I could not let March go by without wallowing in Irish playwrights. I spent a semester at Columbia College with the wonderful Cecilie O'Reilly focusing exclusively on acting in Irish plays, and have never lost the excitement for that distinctive Irish voice that she taught her students. As usual, there's some new, some old, some famous, some obscure: and one's not even Irish.

"Irish Eyes". Sláinte!

March 2: Shining City by Conor McPherson
March 9: Dead City by Sheila Callaghan
March 16: Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
March 23: The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
March 30: Women in Arms by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy