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This installment is called New York after Rent, Part 3.

I had my first big break in 2008 and I had a really I had I had it was the crash and all but I mean I had the year that I had the year that I always kind of wanted and I had imagined in New York and I really, you know, commissions were pouring in and I was getting a lot of attention and I really felt like, okay, okay, I'm here, I'm a New Yorker now.

David X is a New York playwright. Well, he's sort of a New York playwright.

But then something funny happened with the economic downturn and all that, which is I started getting much more commissions from out of town.

Obviously, you know, I air B&Bied my flat when I was gone, but I really felt like I was just, you know, floating. Like I lost my connection to New York, but I still had a connection to New York because all my bios always said this playwright is in New York.

For the past couple of months, David's been ensconced at a writer's colony in Boston, Massachusetts.

But a few weeks ago, he got a call from his agent who ordered him to get on a bus and go to New York immediately.

A Broadway producer wanted to meet with him about a once in a lifetime golden opportunity.

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