Frank McCourt News

The Staten Island Historical Society will be hosting its 10th Annual Literacy Leadership Luncheon on Tuesday, March 16th.

The popular, uplifting musical celebration of all things Irish-The Irish...And How They Got That Way, returned to the Kimmel Center January 7 and was set to run through February 28 at the Kimmel's Innovation Studio.

The Kimmel Center will present a newly revised version of Frank McCourt's The Irish...And How They Got That Way from January 7 - February 28.

The Culture Project in New York has announced the lineup for its 2010 season. Amongst the productions scheduled, the season will begin with the Women Center Stage Festival with Yael Farber's play 'Molora', a powerful interpretation about the process of truth and reconciliation in South Africa.

The Kimmel Center will present a newly revised version of Frank McCourt's The Irish...And How They Got That Way from January 7 - February 28.

Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela's Ashes, has died. Mr. McCourt passed away in Manhattan July 19th, at the age of 78. The cause was metastatic melanoma, according to Mr. McCourt's brother, Malachy McCourt.

For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. These two classic plays will showcase the versatile talents of NESE's acting Company: Comedy is a fast-paced popular delight, full of puns, wordplay and slapstick humor, and one of the funniest plays the Bard ever wrote; in contrast, Godot is a tragicomedy, where 'nothing' happens, but audiences still stay glued to their seats.

For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. These two classic plays will showcase the versatile talents of NESE's acting Company: Comedy is a fast-paced popular delight, full of puns, wordplay and slapstick humor, and one of the funniest plays the Bard ever wrote; in contrast, Godot is a tragicomedy, where 'nothing' happens, but audiences still stay glued to their seats.

The Literature to Life® program of The American Place Theatre (APT) will kick off its newest campaign, Project 451, with a celebrity gala May 17 and 18 in Theater at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, Manhattan.

The Literature to Life® program of The American Place Theatre (APT) will kick off its newest campaign, Project 451, with a celebrity gala May 17 and 18 in Theater at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, Manhattan.

Babes With Blades, with SAFD fight master David Woolley, will announce Arthur M. Jolly as the 2009-10 winner of Joining Sword and Pen, their playwriting competition devoted to increasing the number of quality scripts featuring fighting roles for women, on April 8, 2009, 7 p.m., at T's, 5025 N. Clark in Chicago. Jolly's script is a drama titled Tjurjága (pronounced Tyoor-YAH-gah, Russian slang for jail), which is set in an inmates' bunkhouse of a Siberian gulag in 1949 post-war Soviet Union.

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents THE YEATS PROJECT, a thrilling month-long festival of all 26 plays written by William Butler Yeats - the world's most popular poet and playwright.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in association with Glucksman Ireland House, The American Irish Historical Society, and The WB Yeats Society of New York will begin previews of The Yeats Project on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The production will open on Wednesday, April 15. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciar?n O'Reilly, Producing Director will direct.

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents THE YEATS PROJECT, a thrilling month-long festival of all 26 plays written by William Butler Yeats - the world's most popular poet and playwright.

Our special series for Women's History Month continues with a profile of Irish Rep's artistic director and cofounder.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in association with Glucksman Ireland House, The American Irish Historical Society, and The WB Yeats Society of New York will begin previews of The Yeats Project on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The production will open on Wednesday, April 15. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciar?n O'Reilly, Producing Director will direct.

The Irish Repertory Theatre will open its 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Frank McGuinness's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's THE MASTER BUILDER. McGuinness' adaptation was commissioned by the Irish Rep and will be directed by Ciaran O'Reilly.

The Irish Repertory Theatre will open its 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Frank McGuinness's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's THE MASTER BUILDER. McGuinness' adaptation was commissioned by the Irish Rep and will be directed by Ciaran O'Reilly.

On Sunday, July 27, 2008, the O'Neill Theater Center will host the McCourt Cup, founded by renowned Irish-American author Frank McCourt and his brother Malachy McCourt.

On Sunday, July 27, 2008, the O'Neill Theater Center will host the McCourt Cup, founded by renowned Irish-American author Frank McCourt and his brother Malachy McCourt.