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BONNE ANNEE A TOUS ! Avec ce nouveau programme, il y a beaucoup de bonnes raisons de redécouvrir le CCI et nous espérons que vous apprécierez les différentes manifestations.

CinéCCI, L'Homme d'Aran (1934)Réalisé par Robert Flaherty

THE WALWORTH FARCE was written by Enda Walsh, one of Ireland's hottest young playwrights, and is a commission of the renowned Druid Theater Company. One of the most innovative and thrilling playwrights of his generation and Edinburgh Fringe First Winner (2007 and 2008), Enda Walsh is internationally celebrated for his exhilarating wordplay and the visceral power of his stories. His newest play The New Electric Ballroom, also presented by Druid, has enjoyed similar global success and is on tour this autumn in Ireland and the US.

Artistic director Jackie Maxwell and producer of the Shaw Festival announced the Shaw Festival's 2010 program this weekend. Hosted by Niagara-on-the-Lake, the festival, which operates in four venues in Ontario Canada features plays by Shaw and his contemporaries, as well as plays about the period in which he lived.

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

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame Committee has selected Bea Arthur, Dan Burke, Larry Gelbart, Merv Griffin, Tom Murphy and Sherwood Schwartz to be inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame, it was announced today by John Shaffner, Chairman/CEO of the Television Academy.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced that KICKING A DEAD HORSE, a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard and featuring Tony Award nominee Stephen Rea, has extended its run by two weeks. Following a sold-out run at Ireland's Abbey Theatre, it will preview at The Public on Wednesday, June 25 and run through Sunday, August 10 with an official press opening on Monday, July 14 at 7 PM.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced that KICKING A DEAD HORSE, a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard and featuring Tony Award nominee Stephen Rea, has extended its run by two weeks. Following a sold-out run at Ireland's Abbey Theatre, it will preview at The Public on Wednesday, June 25 and run through Sunday, August 10 with an official press opening on Monday, July 14 at 7 PM.

The Public Theater concludes its 2007-2008 downtown season with the U.S. premiere of 'Kicking a Dead Horse', a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard and featuring Tony Award nominee Stephen Rea.

The Irish Repertory Theatre will begin previews of Philip Dunne and Martin Blaine's Mr. Dooley's America, based on the newspaper articles of Peter Finley Dunne, on August 10th; the show runs through September 10th

Fritz Weaver will headline a July 25th reading of Mark Doherty's play Trad at the Irish Rep

The Irish Repertory Theatre has extended its current production, the American premiere of John B. Keane's The Field, directed by Ciarán O'Reilly, through Sunday, August 6.

The Irish Repertory Theatre's new critically acclaimed production of George M. Tonight!, featuring Jon Peterson, will be preserved on a cast recording from Ghostlight Records to be released on June 13th

A weekly theater column for the Baltimore/Washington area

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) will present GEORGE M. COHAN TONIGHT! a musical following the extraordinary life and career of the legendary showman on March 9th at 7 PM; previews begin March 3rd; the production closes on April 23rd.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) will continue their 2005-2006 season with George Bernard Shaw's MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION starring award winner Dana Ivey and directed by Charlotte Moore.

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) will open their 2005-2006 season with the world premiere adaptation of BEOWULF directed by Charlotte Moore.