Visiting Mr Green
Synopsis
Eighty-six-year-old widower Mr. Green is almost hit by a car driven by a corporate executive Ross Gardiner. Found guilty of reckless driving, Ross is ordered to spend the next six months making weekly visits to Mr. Green. What starts off as a comedy about two people who resent being in the same room together develops into drama, as family secrets are revealed and old wounds are opened.
Reviews
"An elderly Manhattanite has retreated from life after his wife's death, and he's letting himself and his apartment go to ruin. Then chance brings a younger man - lonely too, but instinctively nurturing - into his life. Visiting Mr. Green tells its story with such quiet conviction that theatregoers find tears trickling down their cheeks before they realize what's hit them. It's a beautiful exercise in learning to live with - and care for - one another." LOS ANGELES TIMES"Apart from its considerable wit and understanding, the strength of Visiting Mr. Green is the rich tapestry it weaves from the characters' lives. The tormented histories, the persecution, the solitary isolation and the romance, faith and happiness that burden and uplift them. Visiting Mr. Green is thoughtful and absorbing." SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
"Visiting Mr. Green is one of the most moving, entertaining and mesmerizing productions I have seen for a while. The script is intelligent and sharp, balancing the emotional effects with awesome dexterity. Baron tickles our funny bone in the opening act and then proceeds to drain the audience with moments of electrifying emotion. See this." REVOLVER MAGAZINE
"Jeff Baron's absorbing and touching play is unashamedly old-fashioned. Its humanity leaves a heart-warming spirit" THE NY LAW JOURNAL
"A cannily crafted comedy-melodrama about friendship, family, open-mindedness and forgiveness...a feelgood winner"NY NEWSDAY
"Baron knows how to stay one step ahead of his audience and give it an experience that is emotionally true... As Mr. Green might have said, What's not to like?"THE BOSTON GLOBE
"It is doubtful you are likely to encounter a play more enjoyable, more honestly funny and, in the end, more moving than this quite delightful two-hander by Jeff Baron" THE JOHANNESBURG CITIZEN
Written by : Jeff Baron
Directed by : Vicky Horwood
