The Irish Repertory Theatre is in an uncharacteristically jocular mood. Irishtown, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth's comedy, is a slight but merry look at Irish theatre's history, its nature, and let's not call them cliches, but its frequent themes and plot devices"things that Irish Rep knows a lot about. You can see why they'd snap this one up; it's as if the company said, enough for now with all the unhappy families and alco…
