The Immigrant is the biographical story of the author's grandfather a young Jew who fled the pogroms of Czarist Russia in 1909 and pushed his banana cart into the tiny Baptist community of Hamilton Texas. Given shelter by a childless older couple he sent for his wife raised a family and made this town his home. A true story of parents and children newcomers and natives Christians and Jews and the realization of the American Dream. _x000D_ The Immigrant received two Drama Desk nominations: Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Orchestrations. "A deeply satisfying new musical... touches the heart glows with humor and soothes the ear" -- New York Times. "...A buoyant heartbreaking achievement... The Immigrant speaks to what it is to be an American." -- Denver Post. "...easily the best thing we saw in New York this year." -- BBC Radio 3. " ...funny gripping tragic and true... featuring a score of great artfulness." -- Chicago Sun Times. "Everything a musical should be!" -- Wall Street Journal/Zagat.
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