My Old Lady

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The works of Israel Horovitz can't easily be categorized, so it's odd to say that his My Old Lady seems like something of a departure for the playwright. It's a curiously contained work for the author of Line, The Indian Wants the Bronx, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard and, more recently, the trenchant Sunshine screenplay. The explanation may lodge in the fact that Horovitz is something of a cultural icon in France, where the play is set (his works constantly receive productions there). Perhaps Horovitz has based My Old Lady on an anecdote told by a French acquaintance; perhaps he's in on something about which the average American has little understanding.

The plot hinges on a quirky French[...]