Musical 'East Of The River' Examines A Gentrifying Anacostia
Set amid a theoretical debate about a potential Whole Foods arriving in the historically underserved Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the musical looks at the good and the bad of gentrification.
Nothing says "gentrification" quite like the opening of a Whole Foods.
That's the message, at least, of a new musical about the idea that a location of the largely organic, high-priced grocery chain could one day open in Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia neighborhood.
Anacostia lies east of the Anacostia River in Southeast D.C., in a part of the city that's historically been more impoverished and
