Inishmore Star Wilmot Interviewed on 'On Stage' & On Radio
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 02, 2006
David Wilmot, who stars in the title role of Broadway's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will be featured on NY-1's "On Stage" this Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at 9:30am and 7:30pm, and Monday 6/5 at 9:30pm and 12:30am. "On Stage" correspondent Patrick Pacheco will talk with Wilmot about his role in Broadway's funniest comedy.
In addition, Mihail Gartenberg of "Studio A" will interview Wilmot on WKCR-fm Radio (89.9fm) on Monday, June 5 at 9:30pm.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
has received five Tony Award® nominations: Best Play, Best Direction of
a Play – Wilson Milam, Best Actor in a Play – 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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