The Cottage (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (527)
See it if Great Play.. Great Characters.. Good Performance..
Don't see it if 0
See it if For a fun play that you don't need to give much thought to
Don't see it if You want something to explore deeper themes
See it if you enjoy comedies, want to laugh for the entire show.
Don't see it if don't like comedies where things start to go wrong.
See it if you want to just laugh and have a jolly-good time.
Don't see it if you hate Farces
See it if you are a fan of comedies, Eric McCormack, and a good laugh. The show was underrated and deserved more love. Great fun!
Don't see it if you don't like simple unit-set plays, comedies, having fun. The story is not overly original, but still provided entertaining twists.
See it if You love the actors in it and you just want to laugh A LOT!!
Don't see it if You don’t like old British humor
See it if you like old fashioned farce and all its silly quirks. This one is brought to life by the company's chemistry and impeccable timing.
Don't see it if you are offended by extra-marital affairs or very dated behavior or don't like the quick-pace controlled chaos that is farce.
See it if you're looking for a fun night out, a period piece with slapstick humor.
Don't see it if you aren't a fan of bedroom comedies.
Critic Reviews (26)
“...though ‘The Cottage’ operates like a farce it only rarely achieves a farce’s liftoff. That’s when the pressure on the characters becomes so intense that it initiates a kind of verbal and physical fission.”
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"While the architecture of the plot is solid, what really keeps 'The Cottage' up is the comedic industry of its cast. Directed by Jason Alexander, a seasoned hand at classic timing, the actors leap gamely into their funny business."
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“ ‘The Cottage’ is about Sylvia opening her eyes to her relationships with men. But the moment that sticks out is the hilarious sight of Sylvia plugging her nose with an old-timey phone receiver. Moments like that make ‘The Cottage’ a Broadway funhouse.”
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“There’s a fizz that bubbles up near the end of a door-slamming farce when the characters, one by one, have to explain to one another what’s actually going on...’The Cottage' tries to emphasize the fizz, but nobody remembered to shake the soda can beforehand. It’s full of explanations, light on mess.”
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"Given the year the play is set, these developments seem more a matter of pandering to contemporary ideas than anything else. But linear logic is not a hallmark of farce, good, bad or, as in this case, indifferent."
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“Just check with everyone in your group: Some will be tickled pink by ‘The Cottage’ and thrill to the très outré comic stylings...Others will be ready to head to the basement bar at intermission to nurse their headache and remain there...All that said, given the givens, I still had several good laughs.”
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“...this comedy of manners by the playwright Sandy Ruskin is so thoroughly old-fashioned that it may come as a surprise it’s not based — like so many Broadway outings lately are — on existing material. Which is not to say that any part of it feels original.”
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“The best thing about ‘The Cottage’ is the cottage, designed by someone with the name Paul Tate dePoo III. Everything else is more like the outhouse. Even as a lark, it’s beneath the standards of Broadway.”
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