The Cripple of Inishmaan - 2014 Broadway History , Info & More
James Earl Jones Theater (Broadway)
138 West 48th St. New York, NY
Direct from a smash hit London run, Daniel Radcliffe takes on his most critically acclaimed role yet in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN—the biting comedy by the master of vicious fun, Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, In Bruges), and directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage (Red, Frost/Nixon).
When a Hollywood director visits a remote Irish island to cast his latest film, the locals clamor for their once-in-a-lifetime chance at movie stardom. But it's Billy, a frail young man with the odds stacked against him, who has the biggest Hollywood dream of them all.
The Cripple of Inishmaan - 2014 - Broadway Cast
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First Nighter: Daniel Radcliffe Shines in Martin McDonagh's Cripple of Inishmaan
8 / 10
Daniel Radcliffe is out to prove something, and he's doing a bang-up job of it. Set for life as the #1 Harry Potter alumnus, he could undoubtedly make a career of movie romcoms. He absolutely refuses, and now after giving his all--and showing it, too--inEquus and singing and dancing on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, he's taken on the physically punishing eponymous role in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh's hilarious, heart-shattering 1997 dramedy.
Hope Is Hollywood, Out of the Blue
9 / 10
But the star in question, Daniel Radcliffe, isn't here just to flex his charisma for fans. In the title role of this glimmeringly dark comedy from 1996, Mr. Radcliffe - the boy wizard in the immensely successful Harry Potter movie franchise - is entirely convincing as the boy who is regarded as least likely to succeed at pretty much anything in his God-forsaken rural Irish town...Compared with most of Mr. McDonagh's work, Cripple has a fairly low violence quotient. It's more comfortably a comedy than, say, Beauty Queen. But as outrageously funny as it often is, the play aches with a subliminal sadness that stays with you. The fabrications and speculations that these characters spin, in the fine old tradition of wild Irish yarns, come from an awareness that life is short and dangerous and, perhaps worst of all, empty...This gorgeously realized production has the wisdom to let us laugh until it hurts.
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The Cripple of Inishmaan History
Other Productions of The Cripple of Inishmaan
| 1998 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2013 | West End |
Michael Grandage Company Production West End |
| 2014 | Broadway |
Michael Grandage Company Production Broadway |
The Cripple of Inishmaan - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Grandage |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| 2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Sarah Greene |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Michael Grandage |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Paule Constable |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Sarah Greene |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Michael Grandage Company |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Arielle Tepper Madover |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | L.T.D. Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Stacey Mindich |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Starry Night Entertainment |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott M. Delman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Martin McCallum |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Stephanie P. McClelland |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Zeilinger Productions |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Shubert Organization |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Christopher Oram |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Alex Baranowski |
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