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How Fire Island Got Its LGBT Theater Back

Curtain Up

Carson McCullers helped organize the first productions at Cherry Grove Community House and Theater in the late 1940s. This summer the theater’s $1.5m restoration will be complete.

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Charles Shafaieh
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Charles Shafaieh

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