Archive for March, 2013
Finding My Irish Roots
14Mar13
A cold October rain was falling as I turned my rented Nissan Sunny down the dirt lane in the village of Portglenone, Northern Ireland. The road was barely wide enough for one vehicle and had patches of grass growing between tire-worn tracks. Up on a hill in the distance to the left, I could make […]
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Tags: Ballymena, Blaney, County Antrim, Ireland, Irish, John Blaney, Nark Sardella, Northern Ireland, Patrick Blaney, Portglenone
As much as I like community theater, I have to say that for this North Shore resident, Maynard’s Acme Theatre is a little outside my jurisdiction. But the opportunity to see Nancy Curran Willis direct David Mamet‘s American Buffalo last Saturday during the show’s opening weekend was one I just couldn’t pass up. The show […]
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Tags: Acme Theatre, American Buffalo, Bill Stambaugh, David Mamet, James Barton, Jordan DiGloria, Maynard, Maynard MA, Maynard Massachusetts, Nancy Curran Willis, stage, theater, theatre
Mark Sardella 