See it if You love this show. You love art. You love Jake. You love Annaleigh.
Don't see it if You don't like Sondheim (who are you people?)
See it if you love Sondheim, great performances, great productions, wonderful orchestrations, and art in general. This production is flawless!
Don't see it if Don't see this if you don't like Sondheim. If you don't like Sondheim though... what is life?
See it if you love art, you love music, and want a piece that celebrates both. Jake G. was the perfect George and Annaleigh A. is a delight!
Don't see it if you don't enjoy musicals that make you think or feel. This is a cerebral show and not for someone looking for a big Broadway blockbuster. Read more
See it if you want to become a Gyllenhaalic! (he and the whole cast stunned me)
Don't see it if you (for whatever reason) don't like Sondheim/Lapine.
See it if Jake Gyllenhaal is perfection as George! Hearing him sing Finishing The Hat is reason to see this alone! The cast is top notch! Beautiful!
Don't see it if You aren't willing to invest in the intricate Sondheim lyrics. This musical pays great attention to detail & expects that from the audience.
See it if You want to see an excellent cast, led by the outstanding Jake Gyllenhaal & Annaleigh Ashford, interpret Sondheim to perfection.
Don't see it if You don't like Stephen Sondheim. If that's the reason you're not seeing this, think again. This production will change your tune.
See it if You like Sondheim (or intelligent shows) and want to be transfixed and moved.
Don't see it if You like traditional song-and-dance or don't generally like Sondheim. Read more
See it if You want a beautifully sung rendition of this classic musical. Jake Gyllenhaal and the rest of the cast are simply sublime.
Don't see it if You prefer modern musicals
"A beautiful if low-key revival...Act II has never been more essential or more moving...The direction of Sarna Lapine is on the lean and informal side, and does not match Gyllenhaal's fire...The acting can be a bit on the unusual side, too...No one is ever unwatchable, or for that matter less than correct, and when they unite in song, never more than when 'La Grande Jatte' assembles in the Act I finale 'Sunday,' they could not be more right."
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“The great score, brilliant lyrics and witty storytelling make for a one-of-a-kind theatrical feast to be relished by anyone interested in musical theater…The current production is a treat whether you've seen it before or not…Gyllenhall's lyrical tenor voice and acting are as rich and colorful as those pointillist dots we see him dab on his canvas…The equally remarkable Ashford brings thrilling vocals and a great depth of feeling to the bittersweet artist-model romance.”
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"A mystical, magical production...The surprise is Gyllenhaal’s impressive musical debut on Broadway and the lovely timbre of his warm tenor completing the package. Ms. Ashford is, as they are wont to say, simply divine...Sensitively directed by Sarna Lapine and eliciting a misty eye more than once in this fantastical fantasy."
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"This radiant revival with a full onstage orchestra features a charismatic performance by Jake Gyllenhaal...Gyllenhaal holds us spellbound with his confident singing voice and his intense, riveting gaze...Directed by Sarna Lapine, the show flows with ease and grace…As for the challenging Act Two that takes place generations later in Chicago (with Gyllenhaal as Seurat’s grandson and Ashford as Seurat’s daughter), the creative team provides a stunning finale."
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"A jewel in its own right, radiant with talent, and shimmering with color and light...Heading a stellar, multi-ethnic supporting cast as well as Sondheim’s achingly beautiful musical score...This production will hold you enraptured throughout and leave you nearly spent of all emotion at its conclusion...This is a production for the ages, as good as it gets, a performance so exceptional, so overwhelming, you might be lucky enough to see something like it once, maybe twice in a lifetime."
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"Inarguably one of the greatest musicals of all time, it doesn’t take very long into Sarna Lapine’s revival to realize why this show needed to be back on Broadway: it’s become an allegory about the existence of musical theatre itself in an era of moral decay and ugliness prevailing over beauty...This 'Sunday' now belongs to everyone, the musical, like the painting that inspired it, having become just another dot in the pointillistic wonder that is creation."
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"It’s hard to fathom but this Sondheim masterpiece has only gotten better...First and foremost, Jake Gyllenhaal is spectacular in the role. Once again, he is devastatingly good right from the beginning...Ashford, just like in the fall, still took a bit more convincing. I still struggled a bit with her too modern and American tone, but at moments it felt more appropriate for the part than either Bernadette Peters or Russell...The rest of the cast is also creating something spectacular."
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"The musical strikes a resonating chord—both in terms of its exploration of the creative process of making art, as well as the personal relationships that can crumble in its wake...Ashford is adept at interpreting lyrics and Sondheim gives her a full sandbox to play in. Gyllenhaal, too, is not afraid to approach the score with riveting intensity...'Order. Design. Tension. Balance. Harmony'...These words appear so simple. But it takes masters like Sondheim and Lapine to bring them to life."
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