4000 Miles

by Amy Herzog

Shakespeare and Company

Bernstein Theatre

May 25 to July 16, 2017

"4000 Miles has been revived by Shakespeare and Company in a production at least as fine as the one that I saw and admired five years ago in New York…staged with poignant, self-effacing delicacy by Nicole Ricciardi….I can't think of a better place to be." - Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

“a beautiful and moving portrait of loss and healing...exquisite and genuine...funny and sensitive." - WBRK

"Nicole Ricciardi's wise and knowing production at Shakespeare & Company...In any other playwright's hands, this might well be the stuff of melodrama and soap opera. Herzog knows better than that and so do Ricciardi and her skillful cast. Even when the emotional temperature rises, as it does, for example, in a compelling reckoning between Leo and Rebecca that shakes Leo's stability even further, the tone is tempered; at once measured and wrenching..." - Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

"The production is skillfully directed by Ricciardi.  She does not allow the more sentimental moments from becoming maudlin or over-acted.  Her cast gives life to the characters making them believable and letting you know that you know them.  The staging is economical without wasted movement or extensive time for scene changes, which is the responsibility of the actors.  Most important, her cast maintains the pace of the individual scenes so that, though disparate in tone, are all part of a unified whole...This 4000 Miles is a thought-provoking and genuinely entertaining play." - Macey Levin, Berkshire On Stage

"Under the direction of Nicole Ricciardi, 4000 Miles is well-paced, with great care taken to accentuate comic timing...Ricciardi also understands what is required to drive home the dramatic, emotional events that result in the connection the characters crave and the audience expects...4000 Miles is a delight from start to finish...Ricciardi allows the actors the freedom to interpret who they are within the frame of the director's vision. The result is a funny, moving production with performances that are not to be missed. Begin with a single step." - Nancy Grossman, Broadway World

"It’s Shakespeare & Company’s 40th anniversary season and the celebration kicks off with an impeccable production of Amy Herzog’s warm Obie-Award-winning comic drama...Director Nicole Ricciardi has assembled a perfect cast and design team...I found it charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations." - Helen Epstein, The Arts Fuse

"Directed by Nicole Ricciardi, the four-person cast, led by Annette Miller and Gregory Boover with Emma Geer and Zoë Laiz, immediately grasped the audience’s attention and kept them engrossed for the entirety of the production...this play will make you laugh, make you cry and make you think and reflect on your own life. ‘4000 Miles’ perfectly demonstrates the high quality, professional performances audiences have come to expect and enjoy from Shakespeare & Company and was a fantastic opening to their 40th season." - Angelica Potter, OnStage