In 1943, as the persecution of the Jewish community in Nazi-occupied Thessaloniki escalates, a young Christian man falls in love with a Jewish woman. Their only refuge of sorts is a nightclub owned by the young man’s brother-in-law, Vassilis Tsitsanis, who is in his creative prime is a composer of rebetika. Traditional Sephardic music and Tsitsanis’ lilting melodies add to the poignancy of this enthralling drama about love and the horrors of war. The Forward calls it “a powerful, melancholy text that has important implications for contemporary struggles.”