It is the late summer/early autumn of 1959, and three veterans of World War I pass away the hours, the days, and the rest of their lives at a military retirement home in the French countryside. "Pass away" is an appropriate pun, considering that these three men, who have survived the death and destruction of a terrible war, now joke about their impending mortality and that of their comrades in the nun-run facility that is now their home.

There's not a whole lot more beyond weak jokes and a Godot-like sense of waiting in Gérald Sibleyras' rather tepid relationship comedy, Heroes, adapted by Tom Stoppard. The play is now receiving its American premiere at the Geffen Playhouse[...]