Where the Mountain Meets the Sea NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You want to see a profound and beautiful story told with amazing songs and acting.
Don't see it if You don’t like to cry.
See it if you want to be moved deeply by the heart. Wonderful storytelling by two wonderful actors with beautiful music.
Don't see it if you want a big glitzy show...but if you have a heart you should go anyway!
See it if You want to see a moving & uplifting story with 2 exquisite performances that is told/acted/sung/expressed beautifully in every aspect.
Don't see it if You do not like atypical story telling and traditional character driven stories and dialogue. But there’s really NO REASON to miss this.
See it if You enjoy a fantastic show that is an original story, with awesome folk music and great acting.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy a story about Haitian immigrants.
See it if An absolutely moving & thought-provoking stories of a Haitian man’s immigration to US & his son’s American life told thru beautiful music.
Don't see it if If you don’t like a simple stage then skip this one.
See it if you'd enjoy a delightfully substantial, honest, yet simple (in execution) father-son story, w/ immigrant/first gen & acceptance themes.
Don't see it if don't like plays that take a a minimalist approach to staging/production. My 2c, it put the focus squarely where it needed to be! Read more
See it if you love incredible acting and storytelling, along with gorgeous music.
Don't see it if you're looking for a big musical comedy.
See it if You like coming of age stories, monologue, storyteller style plays, simple characters and staging, folk music, parent child relationships
Don't see it if Your expecting a staged performance, don't like folk music,want more of an "acted out" play. Don't like queer themes... Read more
Critic Reviews (10)
" 'Where the Mountain Meets the Sea' feels like a kind of formal experiment, combining spoken text, live music and, occasionally, freestyle movement to capture the nomadic experience of building a life without a homeland."
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"You might walk out of 'Where the Mountain Meets the Sea' wanting to take a road trip, or call your dad, or listen to more folk music. One guarantee is that you won't leave this show feeling nothing."
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"Simple and heartfelt, Where the Mountain Meets the Sea is likely to resonate deeply with some audience members...I could feel this play's expression of grief and regret in my bones."
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"With its low-key retelling of two unremarkable lives, and its haphazard monologue-song-monologue format, 'Where the Mountain Meets the Sea'–a title, by the way, that's never explained–resolutely fails to stick to the bones."
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A touching portrait of a father and his alienated son unfolds in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s "Where the Mountain Meets the Sea" by Jeff Augustin, directed by Joshua Kahan Brody. ... "When the Mountain Meets the Sea" is not only about two different people, but two different time periods. Jean exists in memory while Jonah’s journey is to cross the country, retrieve Jean’s ashes and spread them over Haiti.
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Once again this season, a writer with a gift for language has crafted a play that is essentially a work of literature, gussied up for the stage with creative design, music, and direction. Dialogue and conflict are replaced by first-person monologue and reflection, and, except momentarily, there’s no actual character interaction.
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"As the mountains of America meet the deep blue Haitian sea, we are reminded that sometimes we need to turn around, hold ourselves open, and look back in order to understand more clearly who we truly are."
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"If 'Where the Mountain Meets the Sea' starts slow and meanders a bit, and if the score could use just one or two more upbeat numbers, a devastatingly gorgeous finish more than makes up for these minor errors in this glowing gem of a show."
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