Irish Repertory Theatre opened its new staging of Conor McPherson's The Weir July 17, and the reviews are in. See what critics are saying about the production, directed by Ciarán O'Reilly, below. Performances continue through August 31 on the company's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.
Set in a remote country pub in Ireland, this marks the company’s fourth staging of The Weir, following acclaimed runs in 2013 and 2015, and a 2020 digital adaptation.
This cast includes Dan Butler (Another Shot) as Jack, Johnny Hopkins (The Home Place) as Brendan, John Keating (Molly Sweeney) as Jim, Sean Gormley (Kingfishers Catch Fire) as Finbar, and Sarah Street (Beckett Briefs) as Valerie.
Read the reviews below.
The Front Row Center (Stanford Friedman)
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers, David Finkle)
The New York Times (Juan A. Ramírez)*
Talkin' Broadway (Marc Miller)
TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)
The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The Weir features set design by Charlie Corcoran (Beckett Briefs), lighting design by Michael Gottlieb (Beckett Briefs), costume design by Leon Dobkowski (The Dead, 1904), sound design by Drew Levy (Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole), and properties by Deirdre Brennan (The Dead, 1904). Jeff Davolt (Beckett Briefs) serves as production stage manager, and Shanna Allison (Beckett Briefs) is the assistant stage manager.
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