Stage, film and television actress Alison Pill will replace Kerry Condon in the role of Mairead in the Atlantic Theater Company's critically acclaimed production of Academy Award-winner Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore beginning Tuesday, April 4. Condon, whose final performance will be Sunday, April 2 at 7pm, will leave the production to return to work on the HBO series "Rome."
The black comedy, which opened on Monday, February 27th at the Atlantic, will continue through Sunday, April 9th before it moves to the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway beginning April 18th (opening night is Wednesday, May 3rd).The production marks the American premiere of McDonagh's Olivier Award-winning play. Directed by Wilson Milam, it also stars brian d'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success), as well as Domhnall Gleeson, and David Wilmot; the latter two (as well as Condon) appeared in the original British production. Also included in the play's cast are Jeff Binder, Andrew Connolly, Dashiell Eaves, and Peter Gerety.A "scorchingly black comedy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is set in 1993 in County Galway on the rocky island of Inishmore, off the coast of Ireland. Padraic is a terrorist with no feeling for those he blows up, but has an obsessive attachment to Thomas, his beloved cat. But someone has killed poor wee Thomas. Was it an accident or an execution? Either way, the death must be concealed before 'Mad Padraic' returns from a stint of torture and bombing. Otherwise the recriminations will be horrifying," according to production notes.
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