In July 1959, New York's Living Theatre premiered a play by Jack Gelber about the hopelessness and despair of heroin addicts. Performed by the theatre company at its space on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 14th Street, the radical and raw play included jazz musicians playing the roles of junkies caught up in the cycle of addiction. Original music by Fre…
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