Sunday, May 19, 2019 – Noon to 4PM Raclettes, 587 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 Join Irish Classical Theatre Company and Raclettes for another brunch-and-matinee event! This time, guests will gather at Raclettes for a multiple-course brunch, along with a complimentary bloody mary and mimosa bar, before ICTC’s performance of “Hamlet.” Tickets: $50 Brunch @… Read more »
Renowned Shakespearean scholar, Dr. Barbara Bono, will present a Talk entitled: “Hamlets and Your Hamlet: A Conversation about Famous Hamlets, the ICTC Hamlet, and Your Hamlet” at the Irish Classical Theatre Company in collaboration with its production of “Hamlet.” The Talks will be held at ICTC Sunday, May 12 at approximately 4:30 PM, following the… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
By Ann Marie Cusella, buffalovibe.com, posted January 27, 2019 Sense & Sensibility at Irish Classical Theatre is still very much a Jane Austen experience, but it seems as though that lady might have ingested a steroid with her tea, or perhaps even a psychedelic or two. Playright Kate Hamill has blown it up into a… Read more »
By Cherie Messore, buffalotheatreguide.com on January 21, 2019 Gossipy, back-biting, smugly superior…yup, sounds like life in the British countryside, late 18th century style. This was the proverbial fodder for Jane Austen’s mill. Kind hearted sisters stripped of their place in society, weak-willed men who don’t deserve them, and lots of smart, witty repartee make Austen’s… Read more »
By Anthony Chase, Published January 19, 2019, Updated January 19, 2019 Jane Austen’s 1811 novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” spins across the stage with playful effervescence in Kate Hamill’s adaptation, now being performed at the Irish Classical Theatre Company … a whirlwind of contemporary theatricality … this may be Jane Austen, but you are free to… Read more »
3-1/2 Stars (out of 4) by Melinda Miller, The Buffalo News There is nothing epic about “Sive,” John B. Keane’s tragic family drama set in a small, rude farmhouse. This is a story of gritty survival, where poverty pushes people to make desperate choices with unconscionable results … … there also are frequent moments of… Read more »
There is a golden girl at the heart of the Irish Classical Theatre production of Clifford Odets 1937 classic, “Golden Boy,” and her name is Cassie Cameron. Cameron gives a five-star performance in this four-star production. It was inevitable that Irish Classical Theatre eventually arrive at the work of Odets. The playwright modeled his plays… Read more »
