A: In my hometown, Gomel, Belarus, when it was still part of the former USSR. The government had banned rock ‘n’ roll, to play or listen to it. But we could hear it on shortwave radio. I fell in love ...

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Successful 34-year-old businessman Anton Radimov is already fed up with everything in this life and nothing is interesting. From boredom and lack of love, he finds solace in alcohol (which he drinks ...

I remember when rock was young. So, evidently, does Chicago playwright Katie Coleman, as she well attests in her intelligent, heartfelt play about two young Soviets, hopping and bopping to a thing ...