Michael Collins News

Irish Film Festival (IFF), Boston presents a riveting lineup of events, screenings and awards at the 16th annual Irish Film Festival, from March 10 through 13 at Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA. A complete schedule of events is available at www.irishfilmfestival.com.

Aidan Quinn (Michael Collins, Practical Magic, Legends of the Fall, Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire, and currently appearing in CBS' Elementary) joins Patrick Breen (Madam Secretary, The Normal Heart), Julia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party), Valorie Curry (The Following, Twilight, American Pastoral), Sam Underwood (Dexter, Homeland, The Following) and Fundamental Theater Project in celebration of their honorary patron, Sir Peter Shaffer (Equus, Amadeus, Royal Hunt of the Sun) and in support of their mission of fostering emerging voices in the theater.

Three truly exclusive items have been acquired by Chenango River Theatre's Gala Committee as featured items at the 2016 Winter Gala on Jan. 23.  These three items are not available for purchase anywhere except at this event, which supports the theatre's 2016 season. 

There has lately been an irresponsible campaign against people who wear cargo shorts, with articles disdaining them on Buzzfeed, Thought Catalog, Huffington Post, and many more. The wonderful and useful garment has become a joke. This is not only style-shaming, but also elitist. Some people work for a living, and find cargo shorts not only useful, but also attractive.

Hellman's THE AUTUMN GARDEN is a Chekhovian comedy about the sad and funny frailties of human existence.

On July 20, 1969, fear and excitement swept the world as Kennedy Space Center's ground control anxiously waited to hear the outcome of NASA's Apollo 11 space mission.

On July 20, 1969, fear and excitement swept the world as Kennedy Space Center's ground control anxiously waited to hear the outcome of NASA's Apollo 11 space mission.

The award-winning musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, based on the short story "A Letter to Harvey Milk" by Leslea Newman,  will enjoy an invite-only industry reading in New York City on Monday, June 22, 2015 at Times Square's Playroom Theatre. A Letter to Harvey Milk, has a book by Jerry James, Cheryl Stern and Laura I. Kramer, lyrics by Ellen M. Schwartz with additional lyrics by Cheryl Stern, and music by Laura I. Kramer, it has been musical directed, arranged and orchestrated by Ned Paul Ginsburg, and the reading will be directed by Evan Pappas (Performer: Parade, My Favorite Year).

The Art Institute of Chicago has decided to extend the exhibition of Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840, for another two weeks, through June 21, 2015.

Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in classical music, he has won Oscar, Golden Globe and World Soundtrack Awards

Pacific Symphony has reunited with Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal to release the world-premiere recording of his “Symphony in G# Minor” on the Zarathustra Music label Tuesday, May 12. Goldenthal wrote the 22-minute work for Pacific Symphony and Music Director Carl St.Clair as part of the orchestra's 2014 American Composers Festival. This collaboration comes 20 years after the orchestra commissioned Goldenthal to write a piece for the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Entitled “Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio,” the hour-long work for orchestra and SATB chorus with soloists and a cello obbligato, was premiered in 1995, with the recording released in 1996 on Sony Classical Records, featuring renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Sydney Theatre Company has released the judges' shortlist of five plays in the running for the 2014 Patrick White Playwrights' Award which will be announced with a rehearsed reading of the winning play at The Wharf on Friday 22 May 2015 at 8pm. The winner of the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Fellowship will also be announced at the event on 22 May.

The American Heroes Channel (AHC) announced today its Upfront programming lineup for the 2015-16 season.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced that BAFTA-winning actor Alan Rickman will discuss his craft and career at a special 'BAFTA A Life in Pictures' event at BAFTA's headquarters

During last night's SUPER BOWL broadcast, Liam Neeson starred in a spot for the mobile game'Clash of Clans'.

A Public Interview with Stephen Rea and Sam Shepard will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2014 in the Sitnik Theatre in the David and Carol Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown. The event is free and open to the public.