Five Irish sisters and a Chinese family on New Jersey stages
Playwright Bran Friel has been called "the Irish Chekhov." (Friel died in 2015 at 86.)Â Like the plays of that century-earlier Russian author, Friel's are character-driven rather than story-driven, with an emphasis on family relationships. Friel's best-known, "Dancing at Lughnasa," … Continue reading →