Direct from a smash hit London run, Daniel Radcliffe takes on his most critically acclaimed role yet in THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN—the biting comedy by the master of vicious fun, Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, In Bruges), and directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage (Red, Frost/Nixon).
When a Hollywood director visits a remote Irish island to cast his latest film, the locals clamor for their once-in-a-lifetime chance at movie stardom. But it's Billy, a frail young man with the odds stacked against him, who has the biggest Hollywood dream of them all.
Radcliffe sensitively captures Billy's fragility and gutsiness all the while conveying his physical deformities, limping around with a bent arm and stiff leg, and signs of serious illness. While Michael Grandage's revival doesn't quite equal the Druid Theatre Company's pitch-perfect production, which briefly played Off-Broadway in 2008, it is a strong-acted, atmospheric staging that more than does justice to McDonagh's bitter tale.
Thanks to McDonagh's clever writing and the sharply drawn performances by Radcliffe & Co., these seeming stereotypes keep upending our expectations - and their own - as they spin their yarns and shade some closely held truths. This is one of McDonagh's lighter works, without his usual burst of Tarantino-esque violence, but there's enough edginess to pull the story back from the cliff's edge of sentimentality. A-
1998 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2008 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2013 | West End |
Michael Grandage Company Production West End |
2014 | Broadway |
Michael Grandage Company Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2014 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Daniel Radcliffe |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Daniel Radcliffe |
2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Daniel Radcliffe |
2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Michael Grandage |
2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
2014 | Theatre World Awards | Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance | Sarah Greene |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Michael Grandage |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Paule Constable |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Sarah Greene |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Michael Grandage Company |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Arielle Tepper Madover |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | L.T.D. Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Stacey Mindich |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Starry Night Entertainment |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott M. Delman |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Martin McCallum |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Stephanie P. McClelland |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Zeilinger Productions |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Shubert Organization |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Cripple of Inishmaan |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Christopher Oram |
2014 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Alex Baranowski |
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