David Wilmot, who stars in the title role of Broadway's
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will be featured on NY-1's "On Stage" this Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at 9:30am and 7:30pm. "On Stage" correspondent Patrick Pacheco will talk with Wilmot about his role in the show.
Also, the show will be featured on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" this
Sunday, June 11 from 8:00am-11:00am (in New York City on WNYC Radio
93.9fm/820am). Reporter Jeff Lunden takes a behind-the-scenes look at
Inishmore. It can also be accessed at
www.npr.org.
Wilmot has won the Theatre World Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for his performance in
The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Academy Award winning playwright
Martin McDonagh's play has received five Tony Award® nominations: Best Play, Best Direction of a Play – Wilson Milam, Best Actor in a Play –
David Wilmot, Best Featured Actor in a Play – Domhnall Gleeson, Best Featured Actress in a Play – Alison Pill. Playwright
Martin McDonagh, won a 2006 Village Voice Obie Award, Off Broadway's highest honor.
Inishmore also received the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.
The play
opened at the Lyceum Theatre on May 3rd after beginning Broadway
previews April 18th. Previously, the show played a hit Off-Broadway run
at the Atlantic Theater Company.
The production marks the American premiere of the Olivier
Award-winning play. Directed by Wilson Milam, it stars Brian D'Arcy
James (Sweet Smell of Success), as well as Pill, Gleeson,
and Wilmot. Also included in the play's cast are Jeff Binder, Andrew
Connolly, Dashiell Eaves, and Peter Gerety.
A "scorchingly black comedy, The
Lieutenant of Inishmore is set in 1993 in County Galway on the rocky
island of Inishmore, off the coast of Ireland. Padraic is a terrorist
with no feeling for those he blows up, but has an obsessive attachment
to Thomas, his beloved cat. But someone has killed poor wee Thomas. Was
it an accident or an execution? Either way, the death must be concealed
before 'Mad Padraic' returns from a stint of torture and bombing. Otherwise
the recriminations will be horrifying," according to production notes.The
play was first performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other
Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, from April 11, 2001 through October 12,
2001. This production transferred to the Barbican Pit in London from
December 20, 2001 through February 23, 2002, and moved to the Garrick
Theatre in London's West End from June 21 through November 2, 2002.
The play is part of McDonagh's trilogy of Aran Island plays, which also
include The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Banshees of Inisheer. The Lieutenant of Inishmore
won the 2003 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and was nominated for
the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play. McDonagh is a recent Oscar-winner for his short film Six Shooter.
The show's scenic design is by Scott Pask (Tony Award for The Pillowman), with costume design by Theresa Squire, lighting design by Michael Chybowski and sound design by Obadiah Eaves.Tickets to the Broadway production are available by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200. Visit www.atlantictheater.org for more information.
