A standard compliment for a skillful actor is "he could recite the telephone book and make it fascinating." A more lavish compliment would be "he could even recite Samuel Beckett's' 'Texts for Nothing ...

Bill Irwin discusses "Waiting for Godot" -- and why he won't discuss "Endgame" on "On Beckett" at the Paramount Center. (Courtesy Carol Rosegg) “On Beckett” could be described as a conversation with ...

Bill Irwin still can’t escape Samuel Beckett. The MacArthur Fellow has spent a lifetime captivated by the Irish writer’s language. In this intimate 90-minute evening, Irwin will explore a performer’s ...

STORIES AND TEXTS FOR NOTHING by Samuel Beckett. 140 pages. Grove. $5. Some writers chronicle men on their way up; others tackle men on their way down. Samuel Beckett stalks after men on their way out ...

Few people are funnier than Bill Irwin. He is a clown, after all. The laugh-so-hard-it-hurts shows that he has performed in Seattle are "Fool Moon," "Scapin," "Largely New York" and "The Regard of ...

Bill Irwin knows that we are blessed to live in a world that was graced by the great Irish poet, dramatist and novelist Samuel Beckett. His show "On Beckett," at ACT's Strand Theater through Jan. 22, ...

NEW YORK — When Bill Irwin talks about how the language of Samuel Beckett “has gone viral,” he becomes a walking, writhing index of a contagion’s symptoms. This is a grave and incurable condition in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Bill Irwin still can’t escape Samuel Beckett. The MacArthur Fellow has spent a ...