McDonagh, known for his biting, darkly comic style, penned the plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West, The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore — all seen on Broadway (and Tony Award-nominated). Off-Broadway has also seen productions of his The Cripple of Inishmaan (twice) and A Skull in Connemara. He earned an Academy Award for his first foray into film with the short, "Six Shooter," and followed it up with an Academy Award nomination for his feature-length "In Bruges."
Here is a look back at McDonagh's work in New York:
Anna Manahan, Brían F. O'Byrne and Marie Mullen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1998)
Anna Manahan in The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1998)
Brían F. O'Byrne, Dawn Bradfield and Maelíosa Stafford in The Lonesome West (1999)
Dawn Bradfield in The Lonesome West (1999)
David Ganly in The Lonesome West (1999)
Maelíosa Stafford and David Ganly in The Lonesome West (1999)
Billy Crudup, Zeljko Ivanek and Jeff Goldblum in The Pillowman (2005)
Billy Crudup in The Pillowman (2005)
Michael Stuhlbarg and Billy Crudup in The Pillowman (2005)
Jeff Goldblum in The Pillowman
David Wilmot and Alison Pill in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006)
Monique Carboni
Brian d'Arcy James, Andrew Connolly and Dashiell Eaves in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006)
Peter Gerety and Domhnall Gleeson in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006)
Jeff Binder and David Wilmot in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006)
Aaron Monaghan and Andrew Connolly in The Cripple of Inishmaan
Keith Pattison
David Pearse, Marie Mullen and Dearbhla Molloy in The Cripple of Inishmaan (2008)
Patricia O'Connell and David Pearse in The Cripple of Inishmaan (2008)
