Give it up for Anna Fishbeyn, who manages to turn painful memoir into an insightful, entertaining show. As noted in My Stubborn Tongue now off-Broadway at the New Ohio Theatre, such efforts come at great personal cost. But such is Fishbeyn's charm -- and her gift for revealing both the humor and heartbreak of Russian-American life -- that her tale is ultimately redemptive. Her issue is identity -- Russian in America, Jewish in Russia -- and the quest for acceptance that immigrants pursue. That d...
Give it up for Anna Fishbeyn, who manages to turn painful memoir into an insightful, entertaining show. As noted in My Stubborn Tongue now off-Broadway at the New Ohio Theatre, such efforts come at great personal cost. But such is Fishbeyn's charm -- and her gift for revealing both the humor and heartbreak of Russian-American life -- that her tale is ultimately redemptive. Her issue is identity -- Russian in America, Jewish in Russia -- and the quest for acceptance that immigrants pursue. That d...
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