Tony Award-winning actors Matthew Broderick and Annaleigh Ashford have Broadway audiences rolling over with howling laughter in the hilarious A.R. Gurney’s comedy Sylvia. Broderick plays Greg, a man struggling with his spiraling midlife crisis, when to his delight he finds a dog roaming around Central Park, played by Ashford.
Greg brings home the dog to his wife Kate’s surprise (played by Julie White), and then names the excited pooch – Sylvia. Ashford masters the comedic role of Sylvia, and instantly marks her fresh home territory by barking to her new pet parent Greg, “I think you’re God.”
The three characters engage and struggle in a dog versus human love triangle. Sylvia pants to please with canine unconditional love, and Greg’s professional wife Kate finds it a challenge to understand and compete with the awestruck submissive stray mutt! Of course, Greg basks in all the pleasing “barks, woofs, licks” provided by loyal Sylvia.
Animal Fair Media’s Wendy Diamond caught the Broadway play, and couldn’t help notice that the Sylvia canine character mirrored Baby Hope’s personality to a “T”.
Here’s your chance to see a very special engagement of Sylvia on December 15th, 2015
DO DOGS REALLY THINK ABOUT HUMANS?
Experts from Yale University and The Good Dog Foundation
To Discuss Latest Findings of New Science of Canine Cognition
In Post-Performance Talkback With Stars and Audience Members of Broadway Show, SYLVIA
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney’s play, SYLVIA, is sparking a discussion of the latest science on animal cognition. Written in 1995, the play anticipates concepts of the new science of human-animal interaction (HAI), for which a scientific base of evidence first began to gather steam a decade later, with support from the National Institutes of Health and others.
WHO: Dr. Laurie Santos, Founding Director, Canine Cognition Center at Yale and Rachel McPherson, Founder and President, The Good Dog Foundation, Members of the cast of SYLVIA, Audience
WHAT: Post-show talkback exploring…
o How dogs, needing rescue from difficult situations, use humans as “social tools”
o How dogs help humans feel better and more socially supported, including how dogs exploit the very hormone system we use for falling in love with romantic partners, caring for offspring
o The biochemistry of canine-human interaction
WHEN: Tuesday, December 15th, 7pm performance (2 hours, including intermission) followed by talkback
WHERE: Cort Theater, 138 West 48th Street, New York City. Limited press tickets available.
All dog lovers should run, not walk, to see Sylvia, directed by Daniel Sullivan, at Broadway’s Cort Theater. It’s a real treat! Woof-woof CLICK HERE for tickets!
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