'Inishmore' Featured on NPR's 'Studio 360,' May 27 & 28

Broadway's The Lieutenant of Inishmore will be featured on National Public Radio's "Studio 360" this weekend. The program airs nationally around the country and in New York City on WNYC Radio Saturday, May 27, 10:00am at 93.9fm, and Sunday, May 28, 7:00pm on 820am.

The segment can also be heard online at www.studio360.org or www.wnyc.org. Host Kurt Anderson talks with Inishmore director Wilson Milam as the show takes a behind-the-scenes look at the new comedy.

Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore has received five Tony Award® nominations: Best Play, Best Direction of a Play – Wilson Milam, Best Actor in a Play – David Wilmot, Best Featured Actor in a Play – Domhnall Gleeson, Best Featured Actress in a Play – Alison Pill. And, playwright Martin McDonagh, won a 2006 Village Voice Obie Award, Off Broadway's highest honor. Wilmot, Gleeson and Pill are all making their Broadway debuts in the play.

The show has also received two Lucille Lortel Awards: Outstanding Play and Outstanding Lead Actor for David Wilmot, and the Drama League has honored cast members Gleeson and Wilmot for their distinguished performances.

The play opened at the Lyceum Theatre on May 3rd after beginning Broadway previews April 18th. Previously, the show played a hit Off-Broadway run at the Atlantic Theater Company.

The production marks the American premiere of McDonagh's Olivier Award-winning play. Directed by Wilson Milam, it stars Brian D'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success), as well as Pill, Gleeson, and Wilmot. 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.

The play was first performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, from April 11, 2001 through October 12, 2001. This production transferred to the Barbican Pit in London from December 20, 2001 through February 23, 2002, and moved to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End from June 21 through November 2, 2002. The play is part of McDonagh's trilogy of Aran Island plays, which also include The Cripple of Inishmaan and The Banshees of Inisheer. The Lieutenant of Inishmore won the 2003 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and was nominated for the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play. McDonagh is a recent Oscar-winner for his short film Six Shooter.

The show's scenic design is by Scott Pask (Tony Award for The Pillowman), with costume design by Theresa Squire, lighting design by Michael Chybowski and sound design by Obadiah Eaves.

Tickets to the Broadway production are available by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200. Visit www.atlantictheater.org for more information.

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