Here's a Washington Post review of something playing in D.C. you might be interested in . . . .
A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS -- (At Ford's Theatre through Oct. 31)
Well, it's a real Irish evening with Frank and Malachy McCourt, the former played by Mickey Kelly and the latter by himself alone. That is to say, there's lots of good talk, a bit of song, some sentimentality, some acerbity and an unholy amount of charm. The evening is in two parts -- the first being the McCourt brothers' memories of their penurious Limerick childhood, the second an account of their experiences as young men who immigrated to New York in the 1950s. The second half is more interesting because, as presented here, it's more gritty. They tell the usual Irish boyhood stories, recounting improbable details with an admirably innocent deadpan. Consequently, each has something of the Professional Irishman about him -- there's much in this evening that's entertaining, but nothing that's unexpected.
-- Lloyd Rose |
