Manhattan Transfer

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Manhattan Transfer is a portrait of New York City in the early part of the 20th century, told through the interconnected stories of stereotypical Manhattanites: theatre people, bankers, lawyers, immigrants, a lowly milkman who becomes a Tammany politician, a bootlegger who winds up on Park Avenue. Adapted from the classic novel by John Dos Passos, the play focuses on the lives of three protagonists: a driven, ambitious lawyer who seeks love, an ambitious young actress who seeks to take the town by storm, an idealistic reporter who seeks to elevate the common man with his writing, and Manhattan itself--the tragic hero of the story, the "center of everything."