Bright Star
Post-war North Carolina takes a tentative step into the future, even though it hurts like heck, in Bright Star, a postwar fairytale musical by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, at Theater UCF.
Post-war North Carolina takes a tentative step into the future, even though it hurts like heck, in Bright Star, a postwar fairytale musical by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, at Theater UCF.
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