Stars align in New York to celebrate WB Yeats

Things fall apart, wrote Yeats, but they also come together, as they did in Manhattan on Monday night, when a thousand guests attended a celebration of the poet’s 150th birthday.

Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City fame, and actor husband Matthew Broderick took to the stage at New York’s Town Hall to host the first international celebrations as part of Yeats 2015. The gala was also a fundraiser for the Irish Repertory Theatre, now in its 27th year.