by Colin Dabkowski, The Buffalo News 3-1/2 Stars (out of 4) Five times a week through Oct. 18, theatergoers will make their way into the Andrews Theatre on Main Street, the orchestra will strike up a waltz and the outside world will melt completely away. In its place arose Chris Kelly’s light, lithe and beautifully… Read more »
SEND IN THE CLOWNS, a review by Anthony Chase, ARTVOICEA Little Night Music beautifully played at Irish Classical Theatre Company Elegant and sophisticated adults behaving like children on a Scandinavian night is the set up for A Little Night Music, the musical now being performed by the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Composer Stephen Sondheim has… Read more »
Stephen Sondheim’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC elegantly opened the Irish Classical Theatre’s 25th season. Based on Ingmar Bergman’s film “Smiles of a Summer Night,” this production of the 1973 Tony Award winning musical demonstrates everything that is right about this well established company. Attempting a large musical can be vexing in the relatively small space… Read more »
Irish Classical Theatre Company jumpstarts the 2015 theatre season with A Little Night Music, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Based on an Ingmar Bergman film titled Smiles of A Summer Night, the ICTC production, directed by local stage veteran Chris Kelly, follows the film closely. . . . a… Read more »
In 1985, two Dublin-born brothers, Vincent and Chris O’Neill, internationally acclaimed actors and former members of Ireland’s celebrated Abbey Theatre, found themselves in Buffalo, New York performing Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in the dining room of a local hotel. They were enthusiastically embraced by Western New York audiences and critics and, together with fellow Dubliners Josephine Hogan and the late Dr. James Warde, formed the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Performing on various rented stages until a permanent home was established at the Calumet Arts Café, ICTC became the fastest growing theatre in the region and led to the building of its new home, The Andrews Theatre, which opened its doors in January of 1999 in Buffalo’s Theatre District.
