NPR Interview with 'Inishmore' Director Milam Now Online
By: BWW News Desk May. 31, 2006
National Public Radio has made its "Studio 360" interview with Wilson Milam, the Tony Award-nominated director of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, available online.
The behind-the-scenes look at the new comedy can be heard by visiting this link.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
has received five Tony Award® nominations: Best Play, Best Direction of
a Play – 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.
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.
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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