Summer, 2016: it’s the hottest day of the year, and the neighborhood is buzzing. From the part to the deli, the record shop to the subway stop, the streets are abuzz with talk of the future and a promise of change. Amid brief moments of air-conditioned relief, New Yorkers wander and wonder the day away, hanging out and hanging on to personal streams of consciousness that keep neighbors who share so much isolated in their own newsfeeds. Time stands still, the tapestry of a city, a neighborhood and those who populate it at once created, redefined and preserved. With exceptional artistic vision, a score that emerges as a character of its own and an ensemble as diverse as the city itself, It’s Always Been You! is a postcard from a moment before unprecedented transformation, a look back at looking ahead.
