SylviaON STAGE

Sylvia opened Off-Broadway at Stage I of the Manhattan Theatre Club on May 2, 1995, where it ran for 167 performances. The cast included Sarah Jessica Parker as Sylvia, Blythe Danner, and Charles Kimbrough. The production received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Parker), and Outstanding Costume Design.

The play ran at the Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, in February 1997 and at the La Mirada Theatre, Los Angeles in 2007 starring Cathy Rigby as Sylvia.

Sylvia was produced by the Berkshire Theatre Group, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 2011, and was called by the reviewer a “comic masterpiece.”

The play’s first Broadway production opened on October 27, 2015 for a limited engagement.

Since its first appearance, Sylvia has been performed at regional theaters across the United States.

Vincent Canby, in his review of the original 1995 production in The New York Times wrote “Dramatic literature is stuffed with memorable love scenes. But none is as immediately delicious and dizzy as the one that begins the redeeming affair in A. R. Gurney’s new comedy, Sylvia . Here’s a romantic triangle about Greg, Kate, and the mongrel named Sylvia who, as Kate puts it, eats a serious hole in their 22-year marriage.”