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...journalism was an Irish bestseller for three months. His published work encompasses everything from biography to travel writing. Red Roses and Petrol, his first play, centers on the death of Enda (Brian Scally), patriarch of a small clan, which reunites his scattered family for two maudlin days. His widow Moya (Sarah deLima) and his daughter Medbh (Eileen Nugent), coping with his sudden absence from the house, are joined in mourning by eldest daughter Catherine (Irene Daly), who files in from New York toting Tom (Ciaran Crawford), her fiance. Even aloof son Johnny (Aidan Parkinson) deigns to venture in from London...
Parkinson radiates a rare degree of stage presence--during one of Moya's frequent reveries about her late husband, he quite unintentionally steals the scene just by flopping into a snug position in his chair. The durable bond between the siblings owes much to his magnetism...
...most of his time overcompensating with endless practice sessions in his parents' garage. He went on to win dance contests all over Ireland and ultimately loosened up the genre by letting all his limbs fly. In 1994 he was fortunate enough to catch the eye of Dublin TV producer Moya Doherty, who decided to build a show, Riverdance, grounded in the unconventional style of Flatley and another dancer, Jean Butler. Their modern take on an old genre has earned the respect of classical dancers. Says Septime Webre, artistic director of the American Repertory Ballet Company: "The precision and uniformity with...
...years ago, a small group of friends in Dublin decided it was time to update that picture. TV producer Moya Doherty was faced with creating a seven-minute filler piece for the 1994 Eurovision pop-song contest. "I wanted to show a modern image of Ireland," she says, "not the old green pastures. Irish dance is frozen in tradition, and I thought it's time to thaw...
Conceived by William Lear, who designed the successful Learjet, the fuel-efficient 2100 is made of so-called composite materials that are lighter than the aluminum in standard aircraft. After Lear's death in 1978, his widow Moya tried to finish the plane, but financial troubles forced her to give up control to a group of investors led by Denver Oilman Bob Burch. He expects an FAA go-ahead by February and hopes to rehire the workers. But Belfast is bedeviled by doubts about whether the Lear Fan will ever be airborne...