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Kate Burton Returns to the Stage in Irishtown
April 11, 2025, 2:11.28 pm ET

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Tony Award nominee Kate Burton has returned to the stage in "Irishtown,"written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey, which will run through May 25 on Irish Rep’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage (132 West 22nd Street).
The play concerns the Irishtown Players, a celebrated Dublin-based theatre company, who have just started rehearsals for their new play. After the astounding success of their last production, the company are scheduled to open on Broadway, with the same visionary playwright at the helm. However, trouble arises when the actors decide she’s going too dark, too experimental, and not Irish enough? Taking matters into their own hands, the company fights to restore the Hibernian flair.
The cast also includes Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Kevin Oliver Lynch, Brenda Meaney, and Angela Reed, with voiceover work by Roger Clark.
Burton, the daughter of the late Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher, has appeared on Broadway in “Present Laughter,” “Spring Awakening,” “Hedda Gabler,” “The Elephant Man,” and “Company,” among other shows. She is also a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee for her work on “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”


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