Lansky
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 23, 2009
Closed Apr 30, 2009
Opened Jan 23, 2009
Closed Apr 30, 2009
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The international stage, film and television leading man Mike Burstyn stars in "Lansky," a new one-man drama written by Richard Krevolin and Joseph Bologna. Inspired by Robert A. Rockaway's book "But He Was Good to His Mother," and directed by Joseph Bologna, "Lansky" brings to light the fascinating and little-known efforts of Meyer Lansky to move to Israel to make aliyah after a fruitful career as the mob's moneyman."Lansky" is in an open-ended run at St. Luke's Theater, 308 West 46th Street.
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Long on charm but short on detail or insight, Richard Krevolin and Joseph Bologna's Lansky, now at St. Luke's Theatre, offers up a curiously heartwarming portrait of gangster Meyer Lansky (Mike Burstyn), the man who is widely believed to have, among other things, ordered the hit on his associate Bugsy Siegel.
This monodrama takes place in the early 1970s in an Israeli restaurant (rendered with elegance and economy by scenic designer Josh Iacovelli) where Lansky is waiting for an all-important phone call. He's hoping that he's been granted Israeli citizenship, which would allow him to avoid potential prosecution by U.S. federal authorities. While he's biding his time, he chats about his li[...]