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  • 4 Stars (out of 4) – “Wildly satisfying … Bravo” – Ben Siegel, The Buffalo News
  • “call Lyft or Uber … It will be so worth it!”-Anthony Chase, theatretalkbuffalo.com
  • “an absolutely intoxicating brew” – Ann Marie Cusella, buffalovibe.com
  • 4 Stars (of 4) – “magical ‘Midsumer Night’s Dream,'” Randy Schiff, Buffalo News
  • “delightful, nostalgia-filled, lively” – Ann Marie Cusella, buffalovibe.com

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“‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” engrosses and shocks – Michael Rabice, BWW review

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by Michael Rabice, broadwayworld.com, Sep. 30, 2019 Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre Company has chosen to open their 2019-20 season with a rarity, ‘TIS PITY, SHE’S A WHORE by John Ford. First seen in 1633, the question arises as to whether this Jacobean drama still deserves to be produced. Happily, this often shocking play has enough… Read more »


“… absorbing, a fine production … no holds barred” – Ann Marie Cusella, buffalo vibe

Star-crossed lovers Annabella and Giovanni in "'Tis Pity She's a Whore"

Review: ‘Tis a Pity She’s a Whore By: Ann Marie Cusella | Posted September 21st, 2019 “… Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord’.” Romans 12, v. 19. ‘Tis a pity that biblical exhortation is not taken… Read more »


“The casting of Jack Hunter and Adriano Gatto is brilliant.” – Anthony Chase, theatretalkbuffalo.com

Adriano Gatto as David Frost, ICTC's "Frost/Nixon."

INTO THE RING WITH FROST AND NIXON By Anthony Chase The theater is driven by empathy. How deliciously complicated that becomes when the central figure of the play is Richard III or Richard Nixon! The current Irish Classical Theatre production of Peter Morgan’s 2006 play, Frost/Nixon, taunts us with the suggestion that one of the… Read more »


“a political tour de force … highly entertaining … stellar cast” – Ann Marie Cusella, Buffalo Vibe

ICTC's "Frost/Nixon" on stage now thru Sun., March 24.

By: Ann Mare Cusella, buffalovibe.com Posted March 2, 2019 In 1977, David Frost and Richard Nixon contracted to do a series of televised interviews covering domestic and foreign policy, Nixon’s personal life, and of course, Watergate. Frost was a hedonistic talk show host thirsting for re-entry into the lucrative American TV market, while the straight-laced… Read more »


3-1/2 Stars – “‘Frost Nixon'” dazzling, humorous & timely” – Ben Siegel, The Buffalo News

Jack Hunter in ICTC's "Frost/Nixon"

by Ben Siegel, Published March 2, 2019 Theater is at its best when it uses history to illuminate current times. A great historical play reminds us … that corruption is a timeless craft, that it’s always the cover-up that will get you, and that politics is all optics. Peter Morgan’s “Frost/Nixon” checks all of these… Read more »


“ICTC lavishes considerable talents on ‘The Awful Truth'” – Peter Hall, Buffalo Rising

ICTC's "The Awful Truth" by Arthur Richman

THE BASICS: THE AWFUL TRUTH, a 1922 comedy by Arthur Richman presented by the Irish Classical Theatre Company, directed by Fortunato Pezzimenti, starring Eric Rawski, Zak Ward, Diane Curley, Ellen Horst, Maura Nolan, Adriano Gatto, Marisa Caruso, and Chris Kelly runs through Mother’s Day, Sunday May 13, Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at… Read more »


“nostalgia & new found glee” in discovery of script for “The Awful Truth,” Michael Rabice, BWW

April 24, 2018 Whatever your artistic quest may be, from unearthing gem stones or archeological ruins to discovering a lost manuscript of music, there is always an element of nostalgia and new found glee when the item arises. Stage director Fortunato Pezzimenti discovered Arthur Richman’s unpublished 1922 script THE AWFUL TRUTH in the New York Public… Read more »


“marvelously acted, lovingly directed, and long overdue on a Buffalo stage – Ted Hadley, TBN

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 »


“a charmer … staged with flair … fine ensemble … pure vintage” – buffalotheatreguide.com

ICTC's "The Awful Truth" by Arthur Richman

-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 »


Strong Cast makes for superb “Design for Living” – Michael Rabice, BWW

Never afraid of controversy, Noel Coward‘s DESIGN FOR LIVING must have seemed bawdy and shocking in its day. Let’s face it, a menage a trois always elicits controversy. But somehow that master of witty repartee has fashioned a comedy that gets away with bad behavior by wrapping it in his signature complexities of the English language…. Read more »


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Irish Classical Theatre: A dream come true for two Dublin-born brothers

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.

History

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, 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. Now entering its 30th Anniversary Season, ICTC continues to celebrate its strong Irish roots through its choice of repertoire, and by bringing special guest directors, playwrights and actors to the Niagara Frontier to work and to be honored.

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