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In the 1950s and '60s, young Ruben Santiago Jr. (Marcus Franklin) lives in a lively boardinghouse in the blue-collar town of Lackawanna, New York, with his f...
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Scenes and musical interludes from Ruben Santiago-Hudson's autobiographical Broadway play, "Lackawanna Blues," featuring Junior Mack on guitar. Click https:/...
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Mar 29, 2022 · There are so many great actors in this movie. In the 1950s and '60s, young Ruben Santiago Jr. (Marcus Franklin) lives in a lively boardinghouse in the blue-c...
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In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1...
The play included several songs, either sung by the characters in the play or as ambient music heard via a radio or through a window. The late Bill Sims Jr. provided the original music, as well as performing on-stage acoustic guitar for the play. [1] [2] Lackawanna Blues is intended to be a one-man show. The actor narrating the play (an adult ...
Feb 25, 2020 · remains a powerful ode to Black joy and all the Nannys who help create it. George C. Wolfe’s Lackawanna Blues begins in a sterile, dreary 1980s hospital room, where an agonizing Ruben Jr. (Hill ...
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"Lackawanna Blues" performed by LATE at the Marquee Theatre on 3/16/09