4000 Miles
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Opened Apr 2, 2012
Closes Jul 1, 2012
Opened Apr 2, 2012
Closes Jul 1, 2012
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Running Time:
1hr. 45min.
1hr. 45min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
After losing his best friend while they were on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. 4000 Miles looks at how these two outsiders find their way in today's world.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Well written and acted but lacking dramatic impact
Given all the hoopla this play has received, I found it to be mildly disappointing. It is very much a mood piece, rather than a dramatic work and that’s not enough for me. To be sure, Amy Herzog has a wonderful ear for dialogue and she has created a terrific character in Vera Joseph (or at least recognized the theatrical potential in her own grandmother and brought her to life on the stage). And, without question, the acting, especially by Mary Louise Wilson, is absolutely delightful. But, at least for me, fine dialogue and professional acting aren’t enough. A good play requires a real story line that engages its audience as well and that, unfortunately, was what was lacking here.
I have posted a longer review of this play and reviews of several other Broadway, off Broadway and off off Broadway plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
Reviewed by alansshows
on Tuesday, Apr 3rd, 2012
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In her heartfelt and often hilarious play,
4000 Miles, now at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater under Daniel Aukin's sure-handed direction, playwright Amy Herzog once again amply demonstrates her gift for creating the sort of acutely detailed conversations and finely crafted characters that immediately ring true for audiences.
The work -- which is a companion piece to her superior drama, After the Revolution -- focuses on the sudden reunion of 21-year-old Leo (Gabriel Ebert) and his 91-year-old grandmother, Vera Joseph (the divine Mary Louise Wilson), still feisty, still opinionated, and still dealing -- not always elegantly -- with bouts of memory loss and vocabulary confusion. [...]