Congratulations to Conor McPherson and the production of The Seafarer! The Tony nominations were announced this morning, and the Seafarer gathered four. Unfortunately two of those nominations are head to head in "Best Featured Actor in a Play:" Conleth Hill and Jim Norton. Now how are voters expected to chose between those two? Each performance was more physical, more humorous and more poignant than the other. Go n-eiri an t-adh leat, gentlemen.
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
From left, Jim Norton, Conleth Hill, Ciaran Hinds, David Morse and Sean Mahon
The other two nominations are for best new play and best direction of a play. Conor McPherson directed his own play. This does not always result in a Tony nomination. However, McPherson may indeed be "quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation" as Ben Brantley, NY Times,
proclaimed.
August: Osage County is fresh off a Pulitzer and may be a difficult runner to catch, but today let's enjoy the accolades the Dublin-born McPherson will gather today.
proclaimed.August: Osage County is fresh off a Pulitzer and may be a difficult runner to catch, but today let's enjoy the accolades the Dublin-born McPherson will gather today.
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