The Beckett list: Neeson joins others in reading his works

Liam Neeson in Beckett's 'Eh Joe' at John Jay College Liam Neeson gives a remarkable performance as a haunted man nearing the end of his life in Samuel Beckett's "Eh Joe," presented by Dublin's Gate Theatre for the Lincoln Center Festival, concluding this weekend. The Oscar-nominated star of "Schindler's List" and "Kinsey" doesn't say a word in the half-hour drama, which was written originally for television in 1965. All the audience hears is the voice-over of a woman from Joe's past. But tomorrow and Sunday, Neeson gets to drop the haunted, silent act to perform hour-long readings from Beckett's novels, plays and poetry. Tomorrow at 2 p.m., he'll be joined by Julianne Moore and Barry McGovern, who's starring in the Gate/Beckett presentation of "I'll Go On," his solo show drawn from the novels "Molloy," "Malone Dies" and "The... [read full story]