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Thanks to a game-changing $2 million-plus infusion of state money, the Lompoc Theater Project is closing in on a $3 million fundraising goal set by volunteer members of the group

The old Lompoc Theatre is closer to new beginnings as efforts to raise funds for the restoration of the 96-year-old building were recently boosted by a $150,000 matching-grant committed by

Joshua Boone and Solea Pfeiffer. Perry penned the script for “A Jazzman’s Blues” 26 years ago, and the story “unravels forty years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South,” per THR.  “I have waited a quarter of a century to tell this story and now is the perfect time and Netflix is the perfect partner,” said Perry. Production is set to kick off this week in Savannah, Georgia, and at Tyle...