Indian Wants The Bronx - A Powerful Presentation

LokVani - Ranjani Saigal: "
Alarm Clock Theater Company’s presentation of Israel Horovitz’s famous off-Broadway play “The Indian Wants the Bronx” took its audience on an emotional rollercoaster. The powerful presentation of this classic on urban violence – a play that helped launch Al Pacino in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts promises to shake the audience and provide much food for thought.

Set in Bronx at, it is the tale of two tough guys (Murph played by Adam Reed and Joey played by Bil Gaines) who come across an elderly Indian gentleman (Gupta played by Bharat Bhushan) who has lost his way. All of them are waiting at a bus stop for a bus taht never comes. The tale opens with the establishment of the two characters Murph and Joey as two angry teenagers growing up under unfortunate circumstances. They use violence as a means to hide their insecurities. As they wait at the bus stop with really no place to go, they play games which are perhaps the only thing in their lives that they can plan and control.

They see the Indian gentleman who does not speak any English sitting at the bus stop and violently abuse him. Much of the play revolves around a phone booth, which almost functions as a fourth character, a would-be lifeline for the abused Indian man. "

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