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Win two tickets to a performamnce of The Seafarer, coming to the Irish Repertory Theatre this spring, and meet the show's star Matthew Broderick!
About The Seafarer
Written by Irish Playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, Shining City), The Seafarer premiered at London?s Royal National Theatre in 2006 and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Play. It premiered on Broadway in December of 2007, where it was nominated for four 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Play. This will be Matthew Broderick?s second production with Irish Repertory Theatre, the first in McPherson?s Shining City in 2016, hailed by The New York Times as ?his most assured and affecting stage performance in years.?
SYNOPSIS: After losing yet another job, Sharky has returned home to Dublin to build a new, sober existence with his cantankerous elder brother, Richard, recently blinded in a drunken accident. But it?s Christmas Eve, and the drinks are flowing as old friends convene for an annual game of poker. This year, an immortal stranger from Sharky?s past arrives, raising the stakes to eternal consequence.
https://irishrep.org/show/2017-2018-season/seafarer/
About Matthew Broderick
Two-time Tony award-winning stage actor and instantly recognizable film presence, Matthew Broderick was last seen on screen in Rules Don?t Apply, directed by and starring Warren Beatty, as well as Manchester By The Sea directed by Kenneth Lonergan. He will next star in To Dust, directed by Shawn Snyder, and Look Away alongside Chloe Sevigny and Aidan Turner.
On stage, Broderick will next be seen in The Seafarer at the Irish Repertory Theatre and The Closet at the 2018 Williamstown Theater Festival. He last starred in The New Group?s US premiere of Wallace Shawn?s Evening at the Talk House at the Pershing Square Signature Center and in the off-Broadway production of Shining City at the Irish Repertory Theatre, for which he earned an Obie Award for both performances. Other theater credits include A. R. Gurney?s comedy Sylvia alongside Annaleigh Ashford; the smash Broadway hit It?s Only a Play opposite his frequent co-star Nathan Lane; the award-winning Broadway run of Nice Work If You Can Get It; the Broadway production of Neil Simon?s The Odd Couple; and The Foreigner at the Roundabout Theatre. In 2005, he starred in the feature film version of The Producers, reprising his Tony-nominated performance he gave during the record-breaking production on Broadway.
A New York native, he made his professional stage debut opposite his father, James Broderick, at age 17 in the production of On Valentine?s Day. His performance in Harvey Fierstein?s Torch Song Trilogy, won him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Broderick won his first Tony Award for Neil Simon?s Brighton Beach Memoirs, and starred in the play?s sequel, Biloxi Blues. He won his second Tony for his role as J. Pierrepont Finch, in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Additional theater credits include Night Must Fall and Taller Than a Dwarf.
On screen, Broderick starred in the critically acclaimed film You Can Count on Me opposite Laura Linney. He also earned considerable acclaim starring opposite Reese Witherspoon in the Independent Spirit Award winning political satire Election, directed by Alexander Payne.
Broderick has also starred in such blockbuster movies as Ferris Bueller?s Day Off, Glory, War Games, and Disney?s The Lion King, as the adult voice of Simba. Additional credits include The American Side, Dirty Weekend, Tower Heist, Margaret, Bee Movie, Then She Found Me, Deck the Halls, The Last Shot, The Stepford Wives, Inspector Gadget, Godzilla, Addicted to Love, The Cable Guy, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Night We Never Met, The Freshman, Family Business and Max Dugan Returns.
On television, Broderick was last seen in Fox?s live musical event A Christmas Story Live! He has also appeared on Modern Family, 30 Rock, the Showtime film Master Harold?and the Boys and received an Emmy nomination for the TNT production of David Mamet?s A Life in the Theater in which he starred opposite Jack Lemmon.
Broderick resides in New York with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker and their three children.
Item Special Note
COURTESY OF: Irish Repertory Theatre; Matthew Broderick.
PRIZE: two (2) tickets to The Seafarer at the Irish Repertory Theater in spring 2018; opportunity to meet Matthew Broderick afterwards.
RESTRICTIONS: Tickets must be redeemed before May 13, 2018 and are subject to avaiilability. Scheduling will also be in consultation with Mr. Broderick, and is subject to his availability.
PLEASE NOTE: In order prevent credit card fraud, if the winning bid exceeds $1,000, The Drama League of New York will require a signed credit card authorization form, a photocopy of both sides of the purchasing credit card (all but the last 4 digits may be blacked out), and proof of identity (state-issued photo ID ? private ID numbers may be blacked out), OR payment via check or money order before arranging the prize package for the winner.