Selected Shorts: Romance & Other Disasters with Simon Rich and Patricia Marx
Wed, May 22 at 7:30 pm
Thalia Book Club: Colum McCann TransAtlantic
Wed, Jun 5 at 7:30 pm
Selected Shorts on Tour: BU Theatre, Boston
Sat, Jun 8 at 4 pm and 8 pm
Selected Shorts: Complicated Families
Wed, Jun 12 at 7:30 pm
Bloomsday on Broadway
Sun, Jun 16 at 7 pm
Thalia Book Club: Claire Messud The Woman Upstairs
Tue, Jun 18 at 7:30 pm
Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Wed, Jun 19 at 7 pm
Selected Shorts on Tour: New Milford Public Library, NJ
Thu, Jun 27 at 7:30 pm
30th Annual Bloomsday on Broadway
On Thursday, June 16th, 2011, we celebrated the 30th annual Bloomsday on Broadway: James Joyce's Ulysses marathon, staged by Isaiah Sheffer. It involved over 100 actors, including some leading stars of stage and screen, and lasted over twelve hours, from noon until Molly Bloom's final "Yes!" sometime after midnight. Since the events of June 16, 1904, described in the 18 episodes of Ulysses also happen on a Thursday, this anniversary samples all 18 episodes, giving beginning readers of Ulysses a sampling of the diverse styles employed by James Joyce, and giving experienced Joyceans a very satisfying literary feast.
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Performance playlist:
TELEMACHUS: Stephen and Mulligan
Mulligan and Dedalus on the Tower
Narrator and Buck Mulligan: Fritz Weaver
Stephen Dedalus: Daniel Alexander Jones
Breakfast and the Milk Woman
Narrator: Lois Smith
Stephen Dedalus: Daniel Alexander Jones
The Milk Woman: Kathleen Chalfant
Haines: William L. Haines
Buck Mulligan: Malachy McCourt
NESTOR: Stephen at School
Stephen Dedalus and Mr Deasy
Narrator: Mia Dillon
Stephen Dedalus: Daniel Alexander Jones
Mr. Deasy: Keir Dullea
PROTEUS: Stephen on the Beach
Stephen Dedalus Walks The Beach and Thinks
Stephen Dedalus: Isaiah Sheffer
CALYPSO
Leopold Bloom Starts His Day
Narrator: Eleanor Reissa
Leopold Bloom: Denis O'Hare
The Pussycat: Michelle Dupré
Molly: Johanna Thomsen
Bloom Visits the Porkbutcher
Narrator: Eleanor Reissa
Leopold Bloom: Denis O'Hare
Frances Scanlon
Molly's Breakfast in Bed, Bloom's Breakfast and Bowel Movement
Narrator: Rochelle Oliver
Leopold Bloom: Denis O'Hare
The Pussycat: Michelle Dupré
Millie: Grace Lang
Molly: Johanna Thomsen
LOTUS EATERS: Bloom Walks to the Baths
Henry Flower (Bloom) Gets a Letter
Narrator: Adam Harvey
Leopold Bloom: Paul Hecht
Jack Davidson
Lisa Flanagan
A Tip on a Horse and a Bath
Narrator: Ivy Austin
Leopold Bloom: Paul Hecht
Delphi Harrington
HADES: Dignam's funeral
The Carriage to Glasnevin Cemetary
Narrator: Terry Donnelly
Leopold Bloom: Paul Hecht
Leonard Fleischer
Jeremy Laurence
Thane Rosenbaum
AEOLUS: The Newspaper Office
Leonard Fleischer
Mary Beth Hurt
Thane Rosenbaum
Roger Hendricks Simon
LESTRYGONIANS: Lunchtime
Jack Davidson
Marin Ireland
Andrew Seear
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS: The Library
Stephen Dedalus Lectures on Shakespeare and Fatherhood
Narrator: Isaiah Sheffer
Stephen Dedalus: Scott Shepherd
Jack Davidson
Stephen Kass
Christine McDonald
Matthew Taylor
WANDERING ROCKS: Walkers in Dublin
A View from Eight Rocks
Alphie McCourt
Leonard Fleischer
Charlotte Moore
Tony Roberts
Lisa Flanagan
Helen-Jean Arthur
SIRENS: Music at the Ormonde
The Word Orchestra Tuning Up
Adam Harvey
CYCLOPS: Violence at Barney's
Barney's and Inisfail
Narrator: Neil Hickey
Joe: Ciaran O'Reilly
Michael Cerveris
Description of The Cyclops
Peter Quinn
The Forester's Wedding
Michael Cerveris
Bloom on Nations
Narator: Neil Hickey
Leopold Bloom: David Margulies
The Citizen: Malachy McCourt
Joe: Ciaran O'Reilly
Ivy Austin
Mac Barrett
Clodagh Bowyer
Peter Quinn
Bloom Escapes the Cyclops' Wrath
Narrator: Neil Hickey
Leopold Bloom: David Margulies
The Citizen: Malachy McCourt
Joe: Ciaran O'Reilly
Charlotte Colavin
Jean Lee
Peter Quinn
Isaiah Sheffer
Fiona Walsh
NAUSICAA: Fireworks on the beach
The Fireworks
Terry Donnelly
OXEN OF THE SUN: Language Gestates
Before Born Babe Bliss Had
(Anglo-Saxon Poetry Parody)
Frances Sternhagen
Bloom Arrives at Maternity Hospital
(Anglo-Saxon Elegy Parody)
Barbara Rosenblat
Medical Students Arrive
(Mandeville Middle English Parody)
Frances Sternhagen
Who Was Here
(Mallory 15th Century Parody)
Barbara Rosenblat
Stephen Starts Drinking
(18th Century Parody)
Frances Sternhagen
Let's Get Drunk!
(19th Century Carlyle Parody)
Barbara Rosenblat
THE MOOKSE AND THE GRIPES SECTION (from Finnegans Wake)
Adam Harvey
CIRCE: Nighttown Nightmares
Candidate Bloom's Platform
Narrator: Isaiah Sheffer
Leopold Bloom: Boyd Gaines
Mary Brienza
David Buskin
Aidan Connolly
Adam Harvey
Jeremy Laurence
Martin Sage
Naomi Thornton
Kinky Bloom, The Shoe Fetishist and Bella Cohen, Whoremistress
Narrator: Isaiah Sheffer
Leopold Bloom: John Shea
Bella/Bello Cohen: Eilin O'Dea
Tandy Cronyn
Ellen McCourt
Lynne McCourt
Sarah Montague
John Spinks
George Stack
Bloom Recues Stephen: Climax of Bloomsday
Narrator: Barbara Feldon
Leopold Bloom: Andrew Seear
Stephen Dedalus: Peter Francis James
Dana Ivey
Jeremy Laurence
Andrew Secunda
John Spinks
Matthew Taylor
EMMAEUS: Heading Home
Bloom Helps Stephen Sober Up
A) Trying to Get A Cab
Robert MacNeil
B) Walking through the Streets and Talking
Estelle Parsons
C) Talking about Father... Where Will You Sleep Tonight?
KT Sullivan
ITHACA: Mr. Bloom's Homecoming
Bloom and Stephen have Cocoa, Get Acquainted
Q: Mary Brienza
A: Peter Gerety
Comparing Host and Guest
Q: Sarah Montague
A: Jonathan Hadary
Bloom and Daughter: An Invitation Declined
Q: Barbara Hammond
A: Lillo Way
Stargazing and Urinating in the Garden
Q: Gordana Rashovich
A: John Shea
The Wandering Jew Sums Up His Day
Q: Ellen McCourt
A: Harris Yulin
Leopold Bloom Gets into Bed
Q: Rebecca Donner
A: Damien Woetzel
Mr. Bloom Falls Asleep
Q: Rebecca Donner
A: Isaiah Sheffer
PENELOPE: Molly's Night Thoughts
Fionnula Flanagan
