Home Front
Annie and James, an interracial couple who meet on V-J Day, navigate daily life in New York and the Deep South while James awaits his military discharge.
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Annie and James, an interracial couple who meet on V-J Day, navigate daily life in New York and the Deep South while James awaits his military discharge.

The life and career of Bobby Darin unfold in a nightclub setting, tracing his rise from a young singer to an international entertainer. Songs associated with Darin accompany a story about ambition, relationships and a career shaped by the knowledge that time may be short.
The play starts in the 1950s and follows the family through the next 35 years. The play's narrator is Clifford Glimmer, the only son of Gene, a talented but self-absorbed jazz trumpeter, and his alcoholic wife Terry, who describes the tumultuous relationship his parents shared and the haphazard career journey Gene followed over the course of three decades. Dedicated more to his music than his family, he refuses to accept a regular job to support them, and their home life gradually unravels. Clifford eventually assumes the role of breadwinner his father has forsaken and offers his mother the emotional support Gene cannot. Scenes alternate between the family's Spartan New York City apartment and the smoke-filled nightclubs and cabarets of another era.
Annie and James, an interracial couple who meet on V-J Day, navigate daily life in New York and the Deep South while James awaits his military discharge.

The life and career of Bobby Darin unfold in a nightclub setting, tracing his rise from a young singer to an international entertainer. Songs associated with Darin accompany a story about ambition, relationships and a career shaped by the knowledge that time may be short.
The play starts in the 1950s and follows the family through the next 35 years. The play's narrator is Clifford Glimmer, the only son of Gene, a talented but self-absorbed jazz trumpeter, and his alcoholic wife Terry, who describes the tumultuous relationship his parents shared and the haphazard career journey Gene followed over the course of three decades. Dedicated more to his music than his family, he refuses to accept a regular job to support them, and their home life gradually unravels. Clifford eventually assumes the role of breadwinner his father has forsaken and offers his mother the emotional support Gene cannot. Scenes alternate between the family's Spartan New York City apartment and the smoke-filled nightclubs and cabarets of another era.