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March 30, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Fiona Shaw, the versatile Irish actress who brought a searing “Medea” to Broadway in 2002, is set to return to the New York stage in a role that ought to raise eyebrows -- Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Jan. 9, 2013
Fiona Shaw to play Mary, mother of Jesus, on Broadway
A Catholic group is speaking out against a new Broadway play by Irish novelist Colm Toibin that offers an alternative interpretation of the life of the Virgin Mary.
March 28, 2013
Catholic group unhappy with Colm Toibin’s ‘Mary’ play on Broadway
Review: Fiona Shaw fleshes out ‘The Testament of Mary’
April 22, 2013
The actress humanizes the iconic mother of Jesus in the Broadway staging of the one-woman play by Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner.
Movies
First-time filmmaker Joe Marcantonio has created an arresting gaslighting thriller with “Kindred.” Just don’t compare it to “Rosemary’s Baby.”
Nov. 6, 2020
Movies * Theater pals Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner bring ‘The Last September’ to big screen.
April 27, 2000
Great Britain, a country known for its trust in conformity, loves “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” a morality tale about a woman who goes too far and pays the price.
Aug. 10, 1998