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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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Most holiday shows ask you to sit still and watch. The Dead, 1904 hands you a glass of wine, walks you through a Fifth Avenue townhouse and seats you at the party. It is Christmastime in Edwardian Dublin, the Morkan sisters are throwing their annual bash, and you are on the guest list.
Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz adapted James Joyce's famous story from Dubliners, and Ciarán O'Reilly directs this Irish Repertory Theatre production. You follow the guests from room to room: a tenor who may or may not sing, a relative who has clearly found the punch bowl, and Gabriel and Gretta Conroy, whose evening ends somewhere far quieter than it began. Standard tickets include a holiday feast by Great Performances served right in the middle of the action, so dinner and a show is literal here.
It plays the American Irish Historical Society at 991 Fifth Avenue, across from the Met, with a small audience each night. The run is November 21, 2026 to January 3, 2027, and the show lasts about 2 hours 10 minutes with no intermission.
Seats are limited and the room fills fast every December. If you want a Christmas outing that feels like time travel with snacks, book early.
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