FitzGerald Dismissed for Final Week of Translations; Bobb Assumes Role

Michael FitzGerald, who played the role of Doalty in the Broadway revival of Brian Friel's Translations, was dismissed from the production last week. According to The New York Times, FitzGerald was let go for handling co-star Geraldine Hughes with “harsh physical contact” during a scene, despite warnings from stage management. Understudy Jeremy Bobb has assumed the role of Doalty and will continue in the part until Translations closes on March 11.

Translations, a Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Biltmore Theatre, opened on January 25. Clashing cultures and tragedies of miscommunication unfold in Friel's invented Irish county of Ballybeg, a place he has also explored in his plays Dancing at Lughnasa, Aristocrats and Molly Sweeney.

Garry Hynes directs a cast which features Hughes, David Costabile, Niall Buggy, Alan Cox, Dermot Crowley, Morgan Hallett, Susan Lynch, Graeme Malcolm and Chandler Williams.