James Higgins News

Irish Repertory Theatre hosted its 2026 Annual Gala Benefit, Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady In Concert, which took place at The Town Hall on Monday June 8, 2026. The evening was directed by Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O’Reilly, with music direction by John Bell. Check out photos from the concert here.

Broadway veteran James Harkness will star as Ludwig van Beethoven in Beethoven's Wrong Note, the 2024 Perry Award winner for Outstanding Original Musical, at the Midtown International Theatre Festival's American Theatre of Actors.

Now onstage at Irish Repertory Theatre is the 2025 holiday production, It’s A Wonderful Life!, adapted for radio from Frank Capra's 1946 film by Anthony E. Palermo and directed by Charlotte Moore (A Child’s Christmas in Wales). Featuring music direction by David Hancock Turner (The Butcher Boy), It’s A Wonderful Life! will run through December 31, 2025. Check out photos from opening night!

Now running at Irish Repertory Theatre is the New York Premiere of The Honey Trap by Leo McGann. Directed by Matt Torney, it continues through November 9, 2025 in Irish Rep’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage. Check out photos from opening night here!  

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Paloma Diamond, Chester Gregory, and many more! See the full lineup here.

This summer Irish Rep brings back The Weir by Conor McPherson, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly. A longtime Irish Rep favorite, this marks the company’s fourth staging of The Weir, following acclaimed runs in 2013 and 2015, and a 2020 digital adaptation. The company just celebrated opening night and you can catch photos here.

Irish Repertory Theatre is presentin Beckett Briefs, three short plays by Samuel Beckett and directed by Ciarán O'Reilly. Beckett Briefs began previews on January 15, 2025, and officially opened January 26. See photos from opening night here.

Irish Repertory Theatre is now presenting the North American Premiere of The Beacon, a new play by Nancy Harris, directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull. Check out photos from opening night here!

Philadelphia, Here I Come! celebrated its opening night at Irish Rep this past weekend, as part of The Friel Project. Check out all new photos from opening night here!

Join Nadina Hassan, Steven Telsey, and more in the premiere staged reading of THANKSGIVING, a new musical play by Julian Henry Lowenfeld. Presented by Yonder Window Productions, this industry presentation showcases promising talent in New York's theatre scene.

Irish Repertory Theatre just celebrated opening night of Aristocrats, the second production in The Friel Project. Check out photos from inside the big night!

See photos from opening night of Translations at Irish Repertory Theatre.

Check out photos from Irish Repertory Theatre's 2023 Gala concert!

The original Off Broadway cast recording of “Other Lives: The Story Songs of Michael Colby” (Jay Records), a cycle of story songs by lyricist Michael Colby (Charlotte Sweet, Ludlow Ladd), with music by a variety of composers, including Alex Rybeck, Larry Hochman, Joseph Thalken, Steven Silverstein, will be officially released on CD and all digital music platforms on Friday, June 16th.

Get ready to be swept away by the Drama At Mama: Play On!, presented by Aaron Clark Burstein! The Drama Book Shop crew is back on Sunday, April 30th at 7:00pm and they're bringing their theatrical talents to Don't Tell Mama.

Irish Repertory Theatre just celebrated opening night of the New York Premiere of Chester Bailey by Emmy Award winner Joseph Dougherty ('thirtysomething,' My Favorite Year) and directed by Emmy Award nominee Ron Lagomarsino (Digby, 'Homefront'). Starring real-life father and son, Tony Award winner Reed Birney and Ephraim Birney, Chester Bailey will run through November 13, 2022. Check out photos from opening night!

Tony Award-nominated Costume and Fashion Designer Emilio Sosa has been elected the Chair of the American Theatre Wing. Mr. Sosa, in his role as Chair of the Wing’s Board of Directors, will be joined by newly named Vice-Chairs Dale Cendali, Patricia Crown, James Higgins, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Lee Perlman, and Nadine Wong.

The LA Phil’s Ford Digital Festivals are curator-led virtual programs offering an in-depth exploration of a single theme through multi-disciplinary performances, workshops and conversations captured for video.

One Vote, the critically-acclaimed non-partisan documentary, highlights the humanity and diversity of American voters via compelling personal stories. Filmed in five locations entirely on Election Day 2016, the film is a call to action to voters and volunteers in advance of the 2020 Election.

Irish Repertory Theatre held its 30th Anniversary Celebration Gala on Monday June 17th at 7:00PM at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.