Russian Transport
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 30, 2012
Closed Mar 24, 2012
Opened Jan 30, 2012
Closed Mar 24, 2012
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Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 30min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Set in the Russian-Jewish enclave of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Russian Transport is a deeply
personal tale of an immigrant couple, their two assimilated teenagers and the fierce and fiery upheaval they experience when sexy, mysterious Uncle Boris from the old country comes to stay with them for his shot at the American dream. Part family drama, part heart-pounding thriller, this debut from Erika Sheffer captures the complex and conflicting layers of striving, joy, pain and terror in one very particular immigrant experience.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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Something Got Lost In This "Transport"
Although well set and well acted, with an outstanding performance by Morgan Spector as the sinister Uncle Boris, "Russian Transport" suffers from flimsy construct and a tepid presentation of such dark material. Everything seems to be too ho-hum rather than suspenseful. The characters are too trite. Where this could have been a superior drama recreating the plight of immigrants pursuing the American dream, and the lenghs they would go to achieve it, it ultimately ends up like a weak cup of chai or a watered down bottle of vodka.
Reviewed by gabbym
on Sunday, Feb 5th, 2012
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Playwright Erika Sheffer makes an impressive debut with Russian Transport, receiving its world premiere in a New Group production at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row. While the play may stumble in spots, it is impossible to dismiss Sheffer's command of storytelling and zestful, pungent dialogue.
Set in a cramped, somewhat run-down home in Sheepshead Bay (rendered in a detailed, but awkwardly conceived two-tier design by Derek McLane), the piece centers on a family of Russian immigrants struggling to get by and to put their past behind them, even as they struggle to assimilate to the American culture.
It's evident from the play's opening moments that all of this has taken its toll on the f[...]