During the run of “A Couple of Blaguards,” starting today at Shadowland Theater in Ellenville, one of its writers will be watching and listening at least one night, scrutinizing, among other things, ...

Jarlath Conroy has appeared in some grim roles lately. He was an undertaker in the Coen Brothers’ 2010 remake of “True Grit,” and played the gravedigger to Paul Giamatti’s Hamlet at the Yale Repertory ...

“A Couple of Blaguards” can be termed an Irish reminiscence. The work that continues at the small G.E. Theatre at Proctors through Sunday concerns two brothers who tell about their upbringing during ...

Two years ago, A Couple of Blaguards set box office records at American Stage. The McCourt brothers' warm, witty memoir is back for another go-round this weekend. The run is shorter this time, so ...

As I patiently awaited show time in the Keegan Theatre, I came to a strange realization: The audience members directly around me all had Irish accents, and “bloke” was being tossed around with an ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The work that continues at the small G.E. Theatre at Proctors through Sunday concerns two brothers ...

Arizona Performing Arts will present the wickedly funny and poignant play, "A Couple of Blaguards" on Saturday, June 20, in Chandler. The play by Frank and Malachy McCourt is at the new Forum Training ...

NEW HAVEN-- Summer's coming early to Long Wharf Theatre this year. And when it's a comedy by Limerick's most famous brothers, Frank and Malachy McCourt, well, be prepared to be touched, both with ...

“What do you think of Joyce?” says a comely librarian to a McCourt. “I haven’t met her yet,” comes the reply. The Bros. McCourt were the kind of Irishmen who first encountered James Joyce not as some ...

The weary mother of Frank and Malachy McCourt termed her boys "a couple of blaguards" when she signed off on them forever. It became the title of their act and becamse a strike-it-rich lode that later ...

Irish Americans have a long and rich history in this country; and like many immigrants, they had their share of hardships and mishaps — which can make for brilliant comedy. The McCourt brothers’ ...

Plenty of Irish writers, from James Joyce to Brendan Behan, have turned their miserable childhoods into great literature–or at least popular prose. But few have succeeded so well as the McCourt ...