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Larry Kirwan

LARRY KIRWAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Larry Kirwan is the leader of the Irish American rock band Black 47.

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below is a list of Larry Kirwan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blood         Hard Times         Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, The

Blood

Synopsis:
Blood is based on the actual disappearance of James Connolly, trade union organizer and leader of the Irish Citizen Army, on January 19, 1916. He returned four days later, his only comment, "I have been through hell." Connolly had been captured by the rival Irish Republican Brotherhood, led by Padraig Pearse and Sean McDermott. What happened in that small room changed the course of Irish history. Sixty-eight years later in another room - a drinking club in Belfast - in the aftermath of the hunger strikes, the bombing of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet and the introduction of a more ruthless and disciplined Irish Republican Army cell structure, a no-less tense situation plays out.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cell Theatre, NY    03 Mar 2012

Organisations:
The cell theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hard Times

Synopsis:
Hard Times is a soulful musical of clashing Irish and Afro-American cultures, written by Larry Kirwan of Black 47. Through a re-imagining of Stephen Foster's songs, Kirwan conjures the creation of tap dance and explores the troubled life of the "Father of American Music" against the backdrop of New York City's Civil War draft riots.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Author: Larry Kirwan; Music & Lyrics by: Larry Kirwan & Stephen Foster

1st Produced:
Cell theatre
338 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011    13 Sep 2012

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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, The

Synopsis:
Lieutenant Brian Murphy, NYPD, died when the Towers fell that morning. Three years later truth and memory blur as his family continues to struggle with their grief and rage. Though their hero's shadow still looms large, it cannot obscure certain inconsistencies that force the family to come to terms with the enigma of Brian
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Center Stage, NY    2007

Organisations:
Boomerang Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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