Henry, a newly arrived immigrant to 1910 New York, finds himself at the center of this story involving a Bowery theatre facing eviction as the dawn of cinema becomes day. As the kinetoscopes that replace them are being installed, the showgirls wonder what will become of them while one dreams of a better life working in the garment factory nearby. Determined to become the new American success he himself has imagined, Henry is pulled by heart and hunger toward disparate and uncertain destinies, like a loving heiress’ fortune, a hopeful laborer’s dignity, and flickering visions of greatness that yet persist in the darkness of our city.

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