The Indian Wants the Bronx

Indian Wants the Bronx, The (1968), a one‐act play by Israel Horovitz. [Astor Place Theatre, 204 perf.] At a quiet Manhattan bus stop at night, two punks (Al Pacino and Matthew Cowles) tease and then, just for kicks, beat up a Hindu man (John Cazale) unable to speak English. The explosive little drama (presented with Horovitz's one‐acter It's Called the Sugar Plum) introduced Pacino to the public and marked the beginning of Horovitz's long career. Israel [Arthur] HOROVITZ (b. 1939) was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard. He has written over fifty produced plays, most finding more success outside of New York. Among his notable works are Morning (1968), about a black family who wake one day to find they are now white; Line (1971), concerning various characters jockeying for power as they wait in line; Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1991), in which a grumpy retired music teacher is faced with a former student; and My Old Lady (2002), in which an American inherits a Paris apartment inhabited by a stubborn old woman.