Tony Award winner Stew ('Passing Strange') debuts new musical—a modern take on U.S. history, centering around the role of the borough of Queens—with the LaGuardia Community College Theatre Program
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'Columbus is Happening' is an ode to Queens—particularly, its legacy as a landing spot for immigrants to the U.S. It’s a lively rendition filled with songs and dancing. Lynching, slavery, and immigration are topics in the work, which are woven together with issues and topics of modern day life, such as the life of immigrants living in Queens today.
