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Review: 'Indian Blood' Thin in Plot
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August 8, 2006
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NEW YORK - A.R. Gurney's new play, "Indian Blood," is an exercise in old-fashioned nostalgia.
Set in Buffalo, N.Y., in the mid-1940s, the thinly plotted, 90-minute one-acter, which opens Wednesday at Primary Stages' off-Broadway 59E59 Theaters, provides a light, entertaining evening of theater.
Narrated by the teenage Eddie, "Indian Blood" evokes memories of other, more-accomplished works. With its lack of sets or props beyond some chairs and a screen showing a map of upstate New York, it brings to mind "Our Town," even mentioning the classic play specifically at one point. And its eccentric but basically sweet cast of characters are not unlike those that would be found in a production ...
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