It’s Opening Night! After three weeks of successful previews, lots of buzz from theater-goers on Twitter, and interviews and production stills, tonight this latest revival of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece has its official premiere at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City.

We wish Gabriel Byrne and his fellow thespians all the applause, countless curtain calls, and no cell phones in the audience! Break a leg, everyone!

 

 

 

Playbill: Star-Studded Long Day’s Journey Into Night Opens on Broadway [This article is no longer available on the Internet]

The Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Long Day’s Journey Into Night, produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Ryan Murphy, officially opens April 27 at 6 PM following previews that began April 3 at the American Airlines Theatre.

Directed by Jonathan Kent, the production is part of Roundabout’s 50th anniversary season.

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Theatermania: Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne Return to Broadway in Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Oscar and Emmy winner Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) stars as Mary Tyrone, alongside Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment) as James Tyrone, Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. (The Newsroom) as Edmund, Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire) as Jim Tyrone Jr., and Colby Minifie (Punk Rock) as Cathleen.

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Here is Gabriel Byrne:

 

 

 

Highlights from the play:

 

 

 

Broadway.com: Raise a Glass to Long Day’s Journey Into Night Stars Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Shannon & John Gallagher Jr. on Opening Night

The Tyrones are back on Broadway! The Jonathan Kent-helmed revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night opens officially at the American Airlines Theatre on April 27.

To celebrate the occasion, Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson created this portrait of the whole clan: Oscar winner Jessica Lange as matriarch Mary Tyrone, Gabriel Byrne as her husband James, Michael Shannon as Jamie, John Gallagher Jr. as Edmund and Colby Minifie as their servant Cathleen.

Broadway.com wishes the cast of Long Day’s Journey Into Night a happy opening. We’d say celebrate with a drink, but with all due respect, we think you’ve had enough (on stage).

long-days-journey-into-night-promo-07John Gallagher, Jr. as Edmund and Gabriel Byrne as James Tyrone

The Irish Times: ‘The fact that I’m Irish’: Eugene O’Neill, US playwright and Irish revolutionary
President Michael D Higgins, Gabriel Byrne and Shivaun O’Casey discuss Eugene O’Neill with his biographer Robert Dowling, who traces the writer’s pride in his Irish ancestry

In this article by Robert M. Dowling, O’Neill’s biographer, he reminisces about an encounter with Gabriel Byrne:

Not long ago, on the 123rd anniversary of O’Neill’s birth in 1888, I attended the Irish American Writers and Artists festivities for their annual Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award, a short walk from where the playwright was born in what is now Times Square. The award is conferred upon the “writer, actor, musician or other artist” who advances the stature of Irish-American culture. (That year’s recipients were Ciarán O’Reilly and Charlotte Moore, co-founders of Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre.) At the coat check, I found myself wedged in line behind the Irish star actor and confirmed O’Neill virtuoso, Gabriel Byrne.

I had attended two of Byrne’s Broadway triumphs, O’Neill’s A Touch of the Poet and A Moon for the Misbegotten, and mentioned that his performance in A Touch of the Poet instantly placed that work, for me, at the top of O’Neill’s more than 50 published plays.

I asked what was next on his bucket list, now that he’d arisen as one of the playwright’s truly great male leads. Byrne responded without hesitation: “James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” the character closely based on O’Neill’s father, the beloved Irish-American matinee idol James O’Neill.

Byrne is now fulfilling this long-held desire. This month in the Roundabout Theatre’s revival of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, he’ll be playing the pater familias among a superbly cast ensemble, with Jessica Lange as Mary (based on O’Neill’s morphine-addicted mother), Michael Shannon as Jamie (his ne’er-do-well older brother), and John Gallagher Jr as Edmund (the playwright himself).

long-days-journey-into-night-promo-08Gabriel Byrne in A Touch of the Poet (2005) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2016)

Finally, Colby Minifie plays the Tyrone’s maid, Cathleen. She shared this recently on Instagram:

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Stay tuned for reviews and reactions to the premiere!

Many thanks to Jessica Lange Daily for images!

6 Comments

  1. By all accounts, especially The Times, a triumphal return to the stage for Mr. Byrne. Have booked tickets for June. Thank you for the updates on this Opening night Stella! Wow!

    Angelle

  2. STELLA IT IS VERY FEW TO SAY YOU THANKS FOR ALL THAT NEWS , REALLY I WILL WANT TO STAY IN NEW YORK , OR SOME COUNTRY WHERE MR GABRIEL STAYS DOING THEATRE OR FILMING A NEW PICTURE , MOVIS OR READING `POEMS , BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME DO IT IN THIS MOMENT , BUT YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO NEAR . THANKS AGAIN ,ALL MY ADMIRATION FOR YOU AND MR GABRIEL.

  3. It is really special to see the video clips from the play. They are very powerful.
    Sometimes when Gabriel Byrne speaks I held my breath because the words touches my heart.
    Life is not easy. For anybody.

  4. Isabel Margarita Gandarillas

    I got a question: Is there any possibility to see this theatreatical peace of art if you are not there(USA)

  5. Judy Pittman

    I saw this on April 20th. Fantastic. Gabriel Byrne was born to play James Tyrone. My only regret? Not being able to go back to NYC and see it again

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