Pill and Wilmot Featured in XM-28 Radio Interview, 6/20

Alison Pill and David Wilmot, who star in Broadway's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will be featured on XM-28 On Broadway Satellite Radio this Tuesday, June 20 at 12 noon and again at 9:00pm Broadway time (Eastern). XM-28's John von Soosten will speak with the performers about their roles and the hit comedy.

Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, directed by Wilson Milam, received 5 Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and Pill and Wilmot each received a Tony Award nomination for their outstanding work. Additionally, Wilmot won the Theatre World Award and the Lucille Lortel Award, playwright McDonagh won a 2006 Village Voice Obie Award, Off Broadway's highest honor, and the play 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 McDonagh's Olivier Award-winning play. Directed by Wilson Milam, it stars Brian D'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success), as well as Pill, Domhnall 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 the show's website (as well as view footage of Inishmore) at www.inishmoreonbroadway.com.