ICTC’s talent for screwball comedies works again in “The Awful Truth” by Ted Hadley, The Buffalo News April 24,2018 “The Awful Truth,” a comedy written for the stage nearly a century ago by Arthur Richman … is the kind of play that Irish Classical Theatre Company does best. Costumed to the nines, classy set pieces,… Read more »
-by Cherie Messore, Monday, April 23, 2018 The grace and elegance of the upper-crust 1930s society- warts and all – is all part of ‘The Awful Truth’ staged by the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Yes, plenty of pricey perfume may hide the unsavory scent of deception, but when the smell is intoxicatingly sweet and pleasant,… Read more »
THE NIGHT ALIVE at Irish Classical Theatre is character driven, and what characters these down at the heels mortals be. by Peter Hall, March 14, 2018, 7:55 am THE BASICS: THE NIGHT ALIVE, a dark comedy by Conor McPherson presented by the Irish Classical Theatre Company, directed by Brian Cavanagh, starring Vincent O’Neill, Brian Mysliwy,… Read more »
by Colin Fleming-Stumpf Published March 6, 2018 The power of a blackbox theatre — particularly a blackbox theatre “in-the-round” (in which the stage is surrounded by seats on all sides) — is the intimacy it creates. If you’ve been to the Irish Classical Theatre before, you’re familiar with the unique experience that is cultivated through… Read more »
Published March 5, 2018 – Unhappiness in rural Dublin– Not an altogether unlikely topic for a play. But when Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre included Conor McPherson’s THE NIGHT ALIVE as part of their season of comedies, I wondered how it fit the bill. Happily the play about unhappiness somehow morphs from dark comedy to a… Read more »
by Melinda Miller, Published March 3, 2018 – There is a lot to like about Irish Classical Theatre’s production of “The Night Alive,” Conor McPherson’s dark comedy about a clutch of life’s losers trying to make a go of it in modern-day Dublin. McPherson has a sure hand with dialogue and gift for knowing just… Read more »
Published January 29, 2018 – Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre continues its season of comedies with a splendid production of W. Somerset Maugham’s THE CONSTANT WIFE. In lesser hands the story of a wife who appears to turn a blind eye to her husband’s infidelities could come across as a dreadfully dated and unbelievable drawing room comedy of… Read more »
By Colin Dabkowski, The Buffalo News | Published 7:00 a.m. January 24, 2018 Constance Middleton is one cool customer. She takes a liberal view of infidelity. She blithely compares the notion of sex with her husband to eating cold mutton. And while she certainly thinks men are sweet, she also believes that it would be “absurd to… Read more »
by Cherie Messore, buffalotheatreguide.com, Published January 22, 2018 Back in 1926 – when women’s suffrage was a recent memory in the UK as well as the US – there was Constance Middleton. Strong, savvy, sly, and she’s “The Constant Wife” in W. Somerset Maugham’s comedy of manners presented now through February 11 at the Irish… Read more »
UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that Adriano Gatto was selected as Best Actor in a Play for his performance in ICTC’s “Design for Living” in the broadwayworld.com Regional Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Click here to see the complete list of winners. It’s an abundance of riches for ICTC in the Broadwayworld.com Regional Awards! Congratulations to… Read more »
