'4000 Miles' And Its Lead Actors Win Obie Awards Amy Herzog's critically acclaimed play "4000 Miles," about a young man reconnecting with his grandmother as he is reeling from personal losses, won the Obie award for best new American play on Monday night at an awards ceremony honoring Off Broadway theater. The lead actors in "4000 Miles," Gabriel Ebert and Tony Award winner Mary Louise Wilson ("Grey Gardens"), also received Obies, which have been presented by The Village Voice for the last 57 years. Other performance Obies went to Cherise Boothe ("Milk Like Sugar"), Steven Boyer ("Hand to God"), the acting ensemble for "Sweet and Sad," Jim Fletcher (sustained excellence, including "Gatz"), Santino Fontana ("Sons of the Prophet"), Linda Lavin ("The Lyons"), and Susan Pourfar ("Tribes"). Kirsten Greenidge won an Obie for playwriting for "Milk Like Sugar," while directing Obies went to Richard Maxwell for "Early Plays" and Jay Scheib for "World of Wires." Design awards went to Mark Barton for lighting and Mimi Lien for sets (both for sustained excellence), and to Matt Tierney and Ben Williams for the sound design for "The Select (The Sun Also Rises)." Among the recipients for special citations were Elevator Repair Service (which created both "Gatz" and "The Select") and the creators of the Off Broadway musical "Once," which has since moved to Broadway and was nominated this month for 11 Tony Awards, the most of any Broadway show. A lifetime achievement Obie was given to Caridad Svich, a playwright, translator, and teacher. In other theater awards news, the Drama League - a membership organization of theater-goers - presented its 78th annual awards on Friday. Among the recipients were "Once" for best musical; the Broadway family drama "Other Desert Cities" for best play; the Philip Seymour Hoffman-led "Death of a Salesman" for best play revival; the now-shuttered "Follies" for best musical revival; and Audra McDonald for best performance playing Bess in "The Gershwins" Porgy and Bess."