This Day Forward
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This Day Forward
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This Day Forward NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%
(139 Ratings)
Positive
66%
Mixed
27%
Negative
7%
Members say
Disappointing, Great acting, Entertaining, Funny, Clever

About the Show

The Vineyard Theatre presents the world premiere of Nicky Silver's new comedy about love and marriage and everything in between. This production reunites 'The Lyons' playwright with director Mark Brokaw.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (139)

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153 Reviews | 42 Followers
80
Great acting, Great staging, Romantic, Hilarious, Cliched

See it if You think that your life is boring

Don't see it if Someone from your family has mental illness, the play may be offensive

151 Reviews | 49 Followers
79
Delightful, Funny, Great staging, Fluffy

See it if you like something light and entertaining. Acting is very good and there are some nice laughs. Overall a good piece.

Don't see it if if you are looking for something deeper than it is. There are some character disconnect. Its a bit flat in parts.

475 Reviews | 59 Followers
79
Absorbing, Entertaining

See it if if you like plays about the perniciousness of marriage, family and relationships.

Don't see it if you've seen many plays with the same theme.

99 Reviews | 47 Followers
78
Funny, Poignant, Entertaining, A "love hurts" story, Great acting

See it if U want to see a wedding nite that should be happy, turned on its head. And we see how the lies & hurts revealed affect the next generation.

Don't see it if You're looking for a straight forward romance. Decades of marriage don't mean happiness. Sometimes the truth is a blunt instrument.

216 Reviews | 223 Followers
78
Funny, Great acting, Great staging, Entertaining

See it if You want a well acted, light albeit funny production of a woman torn between the desires of her heart and the expectation of others.

Don't see it if Loveless marriage and its negative effects on the entire family. You are uncomfortable watching one facing the onset of dementia.

361 Reviews | 108 Followers
78
You get the feeling you've seen it all before, Well acted, I'm glad my family isn't quite so miserable

See it if you enjoy dramas about dysfunctional families, with some humor.

Don't see it if you don't like dramas about dysfunctional families. Read more

563 Reviews | 194 Followers
78
Entertaining, Great acting, Funny, Moving, Relevant

See it if You enjoy family dramas. You want a drama w/comedic elements. You want great acting.

Don't see it if You want 2 fully cohesive acts-the acts don't match in tone. Act 1 is an over the top sitcom, Act 2 is a real-life drama w/comedy.

56 Reviews | 14 Followers
78
Great acting, eye popping sets, fun evening

See it if You enjoy laughing, like a story that starts in one year and ends 46 years later...all loose threads tied. All the Actors are excellent.

Don't see it if You want a great ending, the last 5 minutes are downers...and I think could use some re-writing.

Critic Reviews (28)

The Huffington Post
November 21st, 2016

"I won’t go so far as to say it borders on resolutely good...To give Silver some credit, he makes clear—or clear enough—what he wants to say with 'This Day Forward.' It’s a form of the old saw about the sins of the parents being visited on the children...The characters are so off-putting that they discourage any audience sympathy...The cast members do as right as possible with the requirements and as directed with his usual high level of competence by Mark Brokaw."
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B
November 21st, 2016

"Few playwrights can spin hilarity out of tragic circumstances as well as Silver...The dialog is often brutally funny. To say more would be to reveal too much. The entire production is top-notch. The cast of six, some doubling roles, are all superb...Longtime Silver collaborator Mark Brokaw directs with a sure hand. With Silver, the style sometimes threatens to overwhelm the substance, but that is a flaw I can accept."
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
November 27th, 2016

"Comes together in the second act with more strength than in the first act, although there is much humor in the initial half too...Despite the laughter induced, the first act drags out so much that one’s patience can be tested...Silver takes a whack at marital relationships. Heterosexual or gay—it doesn’t matter. Relationships can be hell, and people’s dreams can remain unfulfilled and only wispy memories."
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W
December 2nd, 2016

"You have the recipe for a first act which is, despite what tries to pass for antics, painful, sad and over long...This is not the Nicky Silver we know–which would be fine if it worked...The premise of the story might make a good 1950s, black-and-white melodrama if we cared. Alas, we don’t. Director Mark Brokow does the best he can with the material. His skill is obvious."
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Broadway & Me
December 3rd, 2016

"Hilarity should ensue, especially since Joe Tippett, a master at playing lovable lunks, has been cast as the other man. But everyone else seems, under Mark Brokaw's unsubtle direction, to be trying too hard, almost turning to seek the audience's approval after each funny bit...The more interesting second act...Here I felt as though I was getting the unedited notes from one of Silver's therapy sessions...I wish him well as he tries to resolve his issues with his mother."
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Off Off Online
December 1st, 2016

"Silver's caustic new play focuses on the damage that parents can inflict on children—it’s a broad canvas of emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse, distilled into two acts set a generation apart...Under the direction of Mark Brokaw, the actors in the play are terrific...Yet the characters sometimes veer toward caricature...If the whole feels a bit too programmed for quirkiness, there are plenty of jokes to leaven this dark survey of curdled love and romantic disappointment."
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NorthJersey.com
November 22nd, 2016

"The play’s first 10 minutes are great fun…In the telling of how things evolve, ‘This Day Forward’ unfortunately loses the snappiness of its opening, becoming predictable and notably padded…The second act ultimately comes down to the sad but mundane matter of who’ll take care of Mom…The play has by then become fairly formulaic, and not in a persuasive way…The evening ends on a tentatively positive note, which, after the chaos we’ve witnessed, is perhaps the most unbelievable aspect of all."
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Act Three - The Reviews
November 21st, 2016

"Upon a bit of reflection this was not the Nicky Silver play I expected. However, that is not to say that I didn't enjoy it or it wasn't good. I think Mr. Silver tried some new things here...Structurally, Mr. Silver has a great idea - 1958 and fast forward to 2004 two generations living the consequence of what we saw in Act 1...Act II is by far the more biting, acerbic, and serious of the two acts and judging from the audience reaction - the more successful and satisfying of the two as well."
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