Seamus Heaney

Works & Process Will Host Experiments In Opera: Custom Of The Coast By Kamala Sankaram And Paul Muldoon
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2025

Works & Process and Experiments in Opera present Custom of the Coast by Kamala Sankaram and Paul Muldoon next month. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

92Y Announces Amor Towles, Celebrations Of Jane Austen And Sam Shepard And More Literary Events
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 8, 2025

92NY has announced a lineup of upcoming literary events with Amor Towles, Robert Crumb, Celebrations of Jane Austen and Sam Shepard and more. Tickets are on sale now.

The T.S. Eliot Lecture 2024 Will Feature Ralph Fiennes
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2024

The ninth annual T.S. Eliot Lecture on December 15th at 6pm will feature Ralph Fiennes reading and then discussing his relationship with T.S. Eliot’s poem Four Quartets, marking the 80th anniversary of its first publication as a single volume in 1944. 

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Announces Liz Diamond as New SDCF Board President
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2024

Liz Diamond, Jonathan Parker, and Barbara Whitman have been announced as new members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) Board of Trustees, bringing their extensive experience to the organization.

Theater Grottesco Presents TWO ARTISTS in PRISON
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 26, 2024

Celebrate Theater Grottesco's 28th anniversary with the premiere of their 22nd original production, TWO ARTISTS IN PRISON.

North American Premiere of Jean Butler's WHAT WE HOLD is Coming to Irish Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2024

Jean Butler's 'What We Hold' (North American Premiere) at Irish Arts Center is a physical, cultural, and emotional journey through the history of Irish dance. This celebrated work brings together seven generations of dancers to celebrate the past, connect the present, and look to the future.

Cast and Creative Team Set for ESCAPED ALONE World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2024

Yale Repertory Theatre will continue its 2023–24 Season with Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Liz Diamond.

Kristolyn Lloyd, Leland Fowler & More to Star in Suzan-Lori Parks' SALLY & TOM at The Public Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 18, 2024

The Public Theater has revealed the complete cast for the New York premiere of SALLY & TOM, a bold new dramedy written by Pulitzer Prize winner and Public Theater Writer-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.

Stage West Presents The Touching Comedy GRAND HORIZONS By Bess Wohl
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2023

Nancy and Bill…50 years together and counting. Only problem?  Nancy wants out!  Stage West presents the regional premiere of the funny, surprising, and sometimes painfully honest Tony-nominee Grand Horizons, by Bess Wohl, which begins a 5-week run on Thursday, August 31. 

The Coronet Theatre Announces Autumn/Winter Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2023

The Coronet Theatre's Autumn/Winter season is a presentation of multi-disciplinary modern stage-based art, with a spotlight on dance and movement related theatre forms, and an exceptional poetry strand. As always, the season offers inventive hybrid international work, showcasing performance from Europe to Asia. 

Isabel Allende, Lorrie Moore, Ben Whishaw And More Come To 92NY In May And June
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2023

The 92NY Unterberg Poetry Center's Spring literary season continues in May and June with readings by acclaimed authors Isabel Allende, Lorrie Moore and Miriam Toews, poet Willie Perdomo – and a dramatic reading of Seamus Heaney's work by actor Ben Whishaw, among other events.

Ben Whishaw to Read THE TRANSLATIONS OF SEAMUS HEANEY at 92NY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 18, 2023

Acclaimed actor Ben Whishaw will visit 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center on Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30 pm to deliver a dramatic reading of literary classics and poems translated over the years by the late, great Irish poet Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995.  

THE SALVAGERS World Premiere & More Set for Yale Repertory Theatre 2023-24 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 12, 2023

Yale Repertory Theatre has announced its 2023–24 season of four plays.

Celebrate Irish Culture and Heritage At Irish Festival Seattle
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2023

Seattle Center Festál continues with Irish Festival Seattle, one of the longest-running festivals within the Festál series. Presented by the Irish Heritage Club, this free public festival takes place on March 11th and 12th at the Seattle Center Armory. The festival will feature live musical performances, genealogy workshops, children's activities, step-dancing, and Irish and Celtic craft goods.

Review: FAITH HEALER at Gamm Theatre
by John McDaid - Jan 20, 2023

What did our critic think of FAITH HEALER at Gamm Theatre?

Celebrarán 70 Aniversario De Pura López Colomé Con Un Homenaje En La Sala Manuel M. Ponce
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2022

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura (CNL), celebrarán en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes, la vida y obra de la escritora mexicana Pura López Colomé, en el marco del 70 aniversario de su natalicio. 

La MaMa Announces 61st Season Featuring 40 Productions From 8 Nations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 24, 2022

La MaMa ETC’s 61st season will feature world-premieres by John Kelly, Erik Ehn, Elizabeth Swados, Witness Relocation/Dan Safer, Bobbie Jene Smith and Ping Chong, along with the live, in-person stage debut of Split Britches’s 2021 digital production LAST GASP and the first-ever revival of Maria Irene Fornes’ EVELYN BROWN.

Gloucester Stage Company To Present GRAND HORIZONS, Opening This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 13, 2022

The GLOUCESTER STAGE COMPANY will present the Tony Award-nominated GRAND HORIZONS next in the lineup of its 2022 season. Robert Walsh returns to Gloucester Stage to direct this thought-provoking comedy of marital malaise by award-winning playwright Bess Wohl, running from July 29 to August 21.

Review: The Cure at Troy at Quintessence Theater
by G K Schatzman - Feb 6, 2022

A modest audience was drawn into the reeks and roars of a rare production of Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy on Saturday night around the intimate, runway-style stage at Quintessence Theater in Philadelphia, directed by Alexaner Burns. Actor Steven Anthony Wright leaving a definitive stamp on a challenging role as the savaged Philoctetes.

Quintessence Theatre Presents Seamus Heaney's THE CURE AT TROY This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2022

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, continues Season XII: Breaking the Cycle with Seamus Heaney's poetic rendition of the final episode of the Trojan War: The Cure at Troy starts previews January 26, with an Opening Night on Saturday, January 29.