Sylvia NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (411)
See it if great show, funny, cute, wonderful
Don't see it if I dozed a little bit, but that often happens to me with non-musicals.
See it if Love Matthew Broderick.
Don't see it if if you're not a fan of Matthew Broderick
See it if You want to laugh and see a fun enjoyable show. You have a dog, you know people with dogs.
Don't see it if No reason not to see it
See it if You like a quirky show with engaging characters. The actress was perky and cute.
Don't see it if You are not interested in a story centered around a dog
See it if I actually saw the original with Sarah a Jessica Parker as Sylvia. I loved it and loved her .
Don't see it if Mathew Broderick is in it...he hurts my teeth.
See it if You enjoy comedies and great acting.
Don't see it if You would prefer a show with a more developed plot.
See it if you love dogs, for one. It's a fun show, well acted and staged, but if you love dogs you will adore this show.
Don't see it if you don't love animals. It's a fun, insightful show, but if you're not an animal lover it'll be wasted on you.
See it if đ¶ enjoyed Sylvia. If you love dogs you will love It too!! Again analeigh Ashford is terrific!
Don't see it if You are allergic to long hair dogs!!
Critic Reviews (49)
"All of this gimmickry â some of it written into the play, some of it resulting from Sullivanâs direction â wouldnât matter if the characters, the dog included, werenât so dull... The wimpy Broderick and the dynamic White donât belong on the same stage, much less in the same marriage. Her bundle of neuroses, fun to watch in other shows, doesnât fit this level-headed character."
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"A.R. Gurneyâs charming but inconsequential play has finally made it to Broadway... You may forget the play five minutes after it ends, but you will likely enjoy it while you're watching it."
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"If you spend the play waiting for the concept to deliver a major payoff, and it doesnât... And yet, Ashford lends the proceedings enough charm to keep them entertaining throughout, provided youâre able to get past the misogynist premise that she is, in fact, a woman on a leash at a manâs beck and call. Her spastic physicality, priceless mugging, and ultimately deeply felt performance anchor what is otherwise a featherweight production."
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"Ashford has the juiciest role, of course, and she plays it to hilt, without letting Sylvia chew the scenery (or Kate's red heels) entirely. The actress is a riot sliding on knee pads, wagging her legs around and rushing down the aisle to suggest hot pursuit of a male canine. But it's Ashford's enormously expressive face that draws us in most...Even the unenlightened -- that is, folks who don't already love dogs -- are bound to lose their hearts."
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"The show, at least as straight-forwardly directed by Daniel Sullivan, has a lot more in common with Neil Simon's boulevard comedies of the 1960s and '70s than it does with today's edgier laugh fests like 'Hand to God'...The fun of the play rests in imagining how it would be to be able to relate to one's own pet so directly and watching an actress find inventive ways to mimic doggie behavior."
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"The fragile, two-act darling would have more impact at a lean 90 minutes, but not if we have to miss a bit of wisdom or knowing manipulation from this 'Sylvia'... If only Daniel Sullivan, best known for staging sensitive and serious dramas, did not crush the charm by having Robert Sella overplay the supposed hilarity of four increasingly obnoxious minor characters."
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"The plot of A. R. Gurney's reed-thin play goes into repeat mode after a half-hour, but Ashford, with the inventive help of director Daniel Sullivan, provides major laughs for the evening's entire two hours."
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"A lovely device has theatergoers filing out of the Cort while pictures of dogs belonging to producers, crew and audience members (via social media) flash by on a screen. 'Sylvia' is going to be a mastiff-sized hit with animal lovers. I didnât have an abiding affection for this production, but you could certainly call it puppy love."
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