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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

For My Next Trick … Opening a New Musical in Tokyo in a Pandemic by Peter Duchan

Our writer’s adaptation of “The Illusionist” was slated for a tryout run. Lockdown, a tragic death, cancer and quarantine got in the way, but didn’t stop the show.

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