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At least there's a good song.
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Delta Moon's blues-rock-soul music is as emotional as it is economical and tough, with time-worn themes couched in powerful and sometimes poetic imagery.
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A strange blend of Irish character studies and Japanese Kabuki theater, this is more than a play, it's an immersive poetic experience.
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Almost magically, these characters whom we only glimpse come brightly alive, exuding sorrow, angst, joy in turn.
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1959: a black family is moving into a white neighborhood. 2009: after hard times, the same neighborhood is re-gentrifying.
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