NewsPHOTO CALL: Janeane Garofalo, Daniel Oreskes, Morgan SpectorThe New Group's world-premiere production of Erika Sheffer's Russian Transport, with Janeane Garofalo, Daniel Oreskes and Morgan Spector, begans previews Jan. 17 prior to an official opening Jan. 30 at The New Group @ Theatre Row.
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Krissie Fullerton
January 27, 2012
The cast features Janeane Garofalo as Diana, Daniel Oreskes as Misha, Morgan Spector as Boris, Sarah Steele as Mira and Raviv Ullman as Alex. Russian Transport is described as a "suspenseful family drama set in the Russian Jewish community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Diana and Misha, an immigrant couple, run a struggling car service while trying to carve out the American Dream for their teenagers, Alex and Mira. When Diana’s sexy and mysterious brother Boris arrives to stay with them, family loyalty is tested. For Alex and Mira, Uncle Boris is an exciting addition to their home, but soon Alex is pulled into his Uncle’s dangerous world."
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Janeane Garofalo, Daniel Oreskes, Morgan Spector in The New Group's Russian Transport
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.