Sideways The Experience NYC Reviews and Tickets

75%

(16 Reviews)

Positive

88%

Mixed

12%

Negative

Members say

Entertaining, Great acting, Funny, Great staging, Romantic

About the Show

An immersive food and wine experience paired with the New York premiere of the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film.

From the show:

Rex Pickett’s critically acclaimed novel turned Academy Award-winning film adapted for the stage in SIDEWAYS THE EXPERIENCE. Struggling writer and wine enthusiast Miles takes his best friend, Jack, on a trip to California wine country for one last bonding adventure on the eve of Jack's wedding. SIDEWAYS THE EXPERIENCE creates an immersive (on stage) pre-show wine tasting event similar to ones discovered along the Napa Valley wine trail, as depicted in the novel and film. Gourmet food and premium wine will be served as part of the exclusive first act of this unique theatrical experience.

Member Reviews (16)

Needs a better director, Indulgent, Slow

See it if Act II has more drama to keep you awake (pouring wine all over yourself, gunshots when hunting, relationship drama & screaming).

Don't see it if But Act I is a huge bore & way too long. A comedy should be directed to have laughs, which aren't present. 2 hrs 35 minutes - needs big cuts

Entertaining

See it if you like plays based on a movie. The 2 1/2 hour play goes along nicely with good acting and an engaging story.

Don't see it if you don't like comedy/dramas about interpersonal relationships.

Critic Reviews (3)

March 4th, 2020

Alexis Soloski

"In ‘Sideways: The Experience,’ Bros Run Amok in Wine Country The stage adaptation of Rex Pickett’s novel about two friends on a last-hurrah wine tour preserves the white male wish fulfillment of the original."
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February 25th, 2020

David Gordon

"You'll Need Some Pinot to Get Through Off-Broadway's 'Sideways': Rex Pickett adapts his novel, which was also the basis for the Oscar-winning film, for the stage. Author."
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March 4th, 2020

Adrienne Onofri

"The story's cinematic nature works against it on stage...'Sideways' has such a strong sense of place-the movie fueled a tourism boom for California's Santa Ynez Valley-that it's shortchanged by many scenes looking similar."
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