When he learned he had just won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a play, Irish actor Brían O'Byrne took to the stage looking stunned. "I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who's speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV," he said. "But it might be just what you get." Who cares if it makes for good TV? O'Byrne has shown he can rule the … [Read more...] about Brían O’Byrne Wins a Tony
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Finian’s Rainbow Redux
The Irish Repertory Theatre's revival of Finian's Rainbow brightens New York's theatrical scene. ℘℘℘ A musical comedy that involves an Irishman and his daughter arriving in the mythical Southern state of Missitucky, followed in hot pursuit by a leprechaun whose crock of gold the father has "borrowed," not to mention black sharecroppers and a racist senator and his henchman. … [Read more...] about Finian’s Rainbow Redux
Celebrating Irish America’s Business 100
Irish America held two receptions honoring the Business 100, 2002. The first, at the Yale Club in Manhattan on November 26, had Susan Kelliher-Ungaro, Editor-in-Chief, Family Circle, as keynote speaker. Ungaro was introduced by Tom Coughlan of Wal-Mart. Then on December 5, irish America traveled to San Francisco to hold its first ever West Coast function. Tom McEnery, the … [Read more...] about Celebrating Irish America’s Business 100
Celebrating Irish America’s Business 100
Irish America held two receptions honoring the Business 100, 2002. The first, at the Yale Club in Manhattan on November 26, had Susan Kelliher-Ungaro, Editor-in-Chief, Family Circle, as keynote speaker. Ungaro was introduced by Tom Coughlan of Wal-Mart. Then on December 5, irish America traveled to San Francisco to hold its first ever West Coast function. Tom McEnery, the … [Read more...] about Celebrating Irish America’s Business 100
Irish Arts Center’s Annual Dinner
Pictured at the Irish Arts Center's annual dinner held at the New York Athletic Club on October 4th, 2002 were actress Ellen Barkin, actor Gabriel Byrne, and Pauline Turley, Director of the Irish Arts Center. Also in attendance was actor James Nesbitt who is currently starring in Bloody Sunday directed by Paul Greenglass. ♦ … [Read more...] about Irish Arts Center’s Annual Dinner