Annaleigh Ashford, Julie White & Robert Sella Tapped for A.R. Gurney's Sylvia on Broadway This Fall

How do you choose between the love of your life and man’s best friend? 2015 Tony nominees Annaleigh Ashford and Julie White, along with Robert Sella, will lead a production of A.R. Gurney's Sylvia on Broadway. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, the comedy is set to begin previews on September 25 at a Shubert theater to be announced. Additional casting will be revealed later.

Ashford will play Sylvia. She was Tony nominated for her performance in this season's You Can’t Take It With You; she also received a Tony nod for Kinky Boots and has additionally been seen on the Great White Way in Hair, Legally Blonde and Wicked. White will take on the role of Kate. A 2015 Tony nominee for Airline Highway, she won the Tony for The Little Dog Laughed; additional Broadway credits include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Sella will appear as Tom/Phyllis/Lesli; his resume includes Stuff Happens, Sleepy Hollow and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Has your pet changed your life? Have you ever wondered what she’s thinking when she stares up at you and tilts her head? Could she have the secret to understanding the world at large and your place in it? Or is she just more interested in how your shoe tastes? In Sylvia, the world of a middle-aged New York couple is turned topsy-turvy when the husband brings home an exceptionally engaging canine running loose in Central Park.

Sylvia was first produced off-Broadway in 1995 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, where it ran for 167 performances; this will be the first time it has been seen on the Main Stem.