‘Shining City’ Review
BOSTON, MA — Irish playwright Conor McPherson has emerged as one of the most highly-praised voices on either side of the Atlantic.
His eerie 2004 play, “Shining City” is set in Ireland. Now it’s just opened in Boston at the Huntington Theatre Company.
Morning Edition critic-at-large Ed Siegel has this review.
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