Theatre News and Reviews

Gabriel Byrne will star in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s A Touch of the Poet at Studio 54 in the fall. The production, directed by Doug Hughes, is scheduled to begin performances on November 11 and open on December 8.

Byrne began his acting career with the Focus Theatre in Dublin and subsequently became a member of the famous Abbey Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in 2000 in another O’Neill play, A Moon for the Misbegotten. He most recently appeared on the New York stage in 2002 in The Exonerated. His film credits include Miller’s Crossing, Polish Wedding, A Dangerous Woman, Point of No Return, Little Women, Into the West, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, The Usual Suspects, The Man in the Iron Mask, Stigmata, End of Days, Ghost Ship, Spider, Vanity Fair, P.S. and Assault on Precinct 13. His book Pictures in My Head became a bestseller in Ireland and was published in the United States in 1998. He also starred in a short-lived ABC television series Madigan Men in 2000.

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