Reviews: Critics Are Weighing In on The Beacon at Irish Repertory Theatre | Playbill

Playbill Universe Reviews: Critics Are Weighing In on The Beacon at Irish Repertory Theatre

Kate Mulgrew returns to the New York stage in Nancy Harris' play, directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull.

Kate Mulgrew in The Beacon Carol Rosegg

Irish Repertory Theatre's The Beacon opened September 22, and the reviews are in. The production of the Nancy Harris play stars Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black, Equus, Ryan's Hope, Star Trek: Voyager, Tea at Five). See what critics are saying below.

Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull, the production is playing a limited engagement through November 3 on Irish Rep’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage.

Mulgrew is joined by Zach Appelman (War Horse) as Colm, Sean Bell (Harmony) as Donal, David Mattar Merten (An Enemy of the People) as Ray, and Ayana Workman (Rustin) as Bonnie.

Read the reviews below.

CitiTour NYC (Brian Scott Lipton)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

Front Row Center (Stan Friedman)

New York Magazine/Vulture (Sara Holdren)*

New York Stage Review (Frank Scheck, Michael Sommers)

TheaterMania (Pete Hempstead)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

Mulgrew plays Beiv, a renowned artist who has left her suburban Dublin home for a cottage off the coast of West Cork, Ireland. Her relative peace is disrupted when her estranged son, Colm, returns home with his new wife, searching for answers about his father’s mysterious death.

The production also features set design by Colm McNally, costume design by Orla Long, lighting design by McNally, sound design by Liam Bellman-Sharpe, and properties by Nicole Rozanski.

Pam Brusoski is the production stage manager, Karen Evanouskas is the assistant stage manager, Jane Guyer Fujita is the dialect coach, and Rick Sordelet is the fight director. Casting is by Geoff Josselson.

 
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