Ahead of Irish Repertory Theatre鈥檚 digital staging of Angela鈥檚 Ashes: The Musical, check out two tracks from the score, highlighting the show鈥檚 Gaelic sound. The show is making its New York digital premiere, following an in-person run in Ireland in 2017, with performances running September 9鈥�22.
Listen to Jacinta Whyte above as Frank's mother, Angela, singing 鈥淪ing River Shannon.鈥� Below, Eoin Cannon as Frank and Brigid Shine as Theresa Carmody sing 鈥淢y Promise.鈥�
Based on the Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning book of the same name by Frank McCourt, Angela鈥檚 Ashes features music and lyrics by Adam Howell and a book by Paul Hurt. Thom Southerland (Mack and Mabel at Southwark Playhouse) directs.
The musical also stars Elaine Hearty as Nora, Michael Joseph as Quasimodo, Domhnall Herdman as Malachy Jr., Shane McDaid as Billy, Marty Maguire as Malachy, Amanda Minihan as Grandma, David O鈥橫eara as Uncle Pat, Mark O鈥橰egan as Mr. Griffin, and Norma Sheahan as Mrs. Finucane, with Sinead O鈥橠onovan in the ensemble.
Angela鈥檚 Ashes: The Musical features set and costume design by Francis O鈥機onnor, lighting design by Sinead McKenna, sound design by Jason Fallon, movement direction by Ste Clough, musical supervision by Mike Dixon, musical direction by David Hayes, original orchestrations and arrangements by Colm 脫 Foghl煤 and Joe Csibi, and additional orchestrations and arrangements by David Hayes.
McCourt鈥檚 memoir of growing up in Limerick, Ireland, follows Frank and the many people鈥攄runken father, helpless mother, pompous priests, bullying schoolmasters, moneylenders, dancing teachers, and charity workers, to name a few鈥攈e faces on his way to escaping poverty in America. The book was adapted into a film, directed by Alan Parker and released in 1999.
