{"id":22651,"global_id":"pallastheater.com\/en\/?id=22651","global_id_lineage":["pallastheater.com\/en\/?id=22651"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2026-01-20 16:37:12","date_utc":"2026-01-20 14:37:12","modified":"2026-02-20 19:55:49","modified_utc":"2026-02-20 17:55:49","url":"https:\/\/pallastheater.com\/en\/event\/astoria\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/pallastheater.com\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/22651","title":"\u201cASTORIA\u201d","description":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_hhpl4i4ld\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_uraskdbawt\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_fb_ne09sd33o9\" class=\"cmsmasters_featured_block\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_inner\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_text\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clubpallas.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Club Pallas<\/a> Privileges<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18350 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pallastheater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10percentStickerNew.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pallastheater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10percentStickerNew.png 100w, https:\/\/pallastheater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10percentStickerNew-70x70.png 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f With English surtitles \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_qmm2ea8o7j\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_jw2cgw7sp9\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_button_jf8cmlblo\" class=\"button_wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.more.com\/gr-el\/tickets\/theater\/astoria%20\" class=\"cmsmasters_button\" target=\"_blank\"><span>TICKETS<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_fh0q2ukjji\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_f7vj31ha3\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><strong>ASTORIA<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>From March 19th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They did not leave to become rich.<br \/>\nThey left to endure.<\/p>\n<p>In interwar New York\u2014a city that dazzles and \u201cdevours\u201d in equal measure\u2014Greek immigrants build a version of Greece in a coffeehouse. A place where language, song, and memory are the only things that cannot be taxed.<\/p>\n<p>Astoria is the new production of Pallas Theater, opening on March 19th. It features an original script by Konstantinos Samaras and is directed by Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou. Set against a rich musical backdrop, the story explores the lives, dreams, and contradictions of the Greek immigrant community as it struggles to put down roots in a foreign land.<\/p>\n<p>Greece and New York, separated by an ocean\u2014yet united in a single coffeehouse, in the heart of the most legendary immigrant neighborhood. A place where the aroma of Greek coffee mingles with the languages of the world, and where lives intersect simply to endure.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of Prohibition, economic hardship, and political turmoil, Tasoula arrives alone in New York. A city both brutal and dazzling, promising everything and granting nothing. Among skyscrapers and underground deals, the young woman is forced to confront the need to survive, to stand on her own feet, and to find her voice.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek coffeehouse becomes her refuge\u2014a place for meeting, confession, and remembrance. There, Tasoula sings of the sorrows, dreams, and passions of an entire immigrant community: people who left behind their homes, families, and former lives in search of a second chance.<\/p>\n<p>Love affairs, betrayals, conflicts of interest, and secret agreements weave a dense tapestry of human stories, within which a young woman must reckon with the cost of survival and personal freedom.<\/p>\n<p><em>Astoria<\/em> is a tale for those who left and for those who stayed behind.<br \/>\nFor the women who were forced to grow up too quickly.<br \/>\nFor the men who learned to hide their fear.<br \/>\nFor a community that sings so as not to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>From March 19th, at Pallas Theater, <em>Astoria<\/em> brings to the stage \u2014 with a live orchestra under the musical direction of Nikos Stratigos \u2014 the pain of exile with truth and deep emotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credits: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou<br \/>\n<strong>Written by:<\/strong> 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