Photo: Kyle Ancowitz Conversations on Russian Literature Running time: 60 minutes Cast: 1m, 1f A young State Department official and an officer from the former Soviet Union sit on a park bench in Moscow sharing a bottle of vodka late at night. As their conversation unfolds, a verbal fencing match ensues, cloaked in exchanges on literature, the changing political landscape, their personal lives; and somewhere amidst the chess game of intrigue and diplomacy, a point of convergence must be found. “Conversations on Russian Literature Plus Three More Plays” reveals a sensibility that is one part literary, two parts comic book. Mr. Johnston has a critic’s nose for cliché and employs it without a trace of shame or earnestness. —Jason Zinoman, The New York Times Read the New York Times review here. More Reviews TimeOut New York TheaterMania.com CurtainUp.com Blogcritics.org