Martin McDonagh News

Atlantic Theater Company Artistic Director Neil Pepe will be interviewed on XM Satellite Radio's weekly theatre-world interview show, 'Downstage Center.'

Now is the time of the year when speculation is at its highest about what the Baltimore/Washington region can expect next season.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with actor Billy Crudup on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway

The Berkeley Rep's production of 'The Pillowman' has the expected chill here-and-there and notable performances, but misses some of the essential rhythm of Martin McDonagh's thrilling style of fear.

Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, and Brendan Gleeson will star in the Focus Feature film 'In Bruges,' directed by Martin McDonagh.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre begins the year with Martin McDonagh's edgy and enthralling thriller, 'The Pillowman,' directed by Les Waters. Beginning previews Jan. 12, opening Jan. 17, to close Feb. 25.

At the Baron's Court Theatre between January 9 and February 4, APR Theatre Company will present 'The Lonesome West', the final instalment in Martin McDonagh's acclaimed Leenane trilogy, originally staged in 2001. A black comedy set in the 'murder capital of Ireland', Leenane, a small town in Connemara, the play about two brothers who have recently buried their father is almost the Hibernian reflection of 'True West' by Sam Shephard, the influence of whom often resonates in McDonagh's work. The sub-text parodies the Hollywood vision of the American frontier, where each insult is tantamount to a challenge to a gunfight, while also symbolising the sheer desolation of an outpost far from civilization that breeds suicidal despair.

For those very cultured New York theatre-goers who felt last season's Martin McDonagh bloodbath The Lieutenant of Inishmore wasn't quite graphically violent enough to satisfy their very refined tastes, might I suggest an evening at the latest offering to grace the Off-Broadway stage, Evil Dead: The Musical. It's freakin' awesome.

New Rep production of Martin McDonagh's scorching black comedy delivers chills, thrills, and decidedly disquieting laughter in a provocative bedtime story that's bound to keep you awake nights

Martin McDonagh's acclaimed Broadway play The Lieutenant of Inishmore will play its final performance on Sunday, September 3 at 3:00pm

Tickets go on sale for Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 2006-07 season beginning this Sunday, August 27.

Works by Alan Bennett, Adam Rapp, and Martin McDonagh are included in The Best Plays of 2005-2006

Three young actors--Jordan Bridges, Christopher Denham and Jerzy Gwiazdowski--will join the cast of the acclaimed Martin McDonagh play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, beginning Tuesday, August 22, replacing Jeff Binder (James), David Wilmot (Padraic) and Domhnall Gleeson (Davey), respectively