Bloomsday on Broadway June 16, 2012

This is New York City's annual celebration of the marathon reading of James Joyce's 'Ulysses.' This year the event celebrates the theme 'Music in Bloom,' and features music and readings. The evening will consist of a reading of the entire text of 'Sirens,' interspersed with full performances of some of the music central to the episode's drama. Broadway star David Margulies ('Angels in America') will perform the role of Mr. Bloom and director-host Isaiah Sheffer will narrate. The hours before and after 'Sirens' will also contain many musical selections found in the text of 'Ulysses.' In the final two and one half hours of 'Bloomsday' veteran actress Fionnula Flanagan ('Lost') will give a complete, uncensored, reading of the final 'Penelope' episode.