Sonia Friedman Productions

Broadway

"MARK RYLANCE is a FORCE OF NATURE. Step forward and CLAIM YOUR CROWN."
– Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"HILARIOUS. DAVID HYDE PIERCE is a MASTER. He’s TERRIFIC to watch!"
– John Lahr, The New Yorker

"JOANNA LUMLEY is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!"
– Elysa Gardner, USA Today

"THE MOST DARING AND DELIGHTFUL PLAY OF THE SEASON!"
– Richard Zoglin, TIME Magazine
 

"Leaves you in HYSTERICS, STUNNED and CHEERING. SIT BACK AND BE BLOWN AWAY. MARK RYLANCE is GENIUS. DAVID HYDE PIERCE is at his ARCH BEST."
– Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

"BEASTLY FUN with a DREAM CAST! DAVID HYDE PIERCE is BRILLIANT, and MARK RYLANCE delivers a TOUR DE FORCE. LA BÊTE PROVES THAT IT’S POSSIBLE TO BE SOPHISTICATED AND ENTERTAINING AT THE SAME TIME."
– Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post

"UPROARIOUS! A MASTERPIECE. THE BRILLIANT DAVID HYDE PIERCE and THE VERY FUNNY JOANNA LUMLEY are EXCELLENT. MARK RYLANCE is STUNNING. ALL COMPARISONS FALL SHORT."
– Scott Brown, New York Magazine
 

"! AN UNMISSABLE JEWEL. MARK RYLANCE gives a TOUR-DE-FORCE performance."
– Jeremy Gerard, Bloomberg News

"WILDLY FUNNY! DAYS LATER, IT STILL CRACKS ME UP. DAVID HYDE PIERCE is DELICIOUS! JOANNA LUMLEY IS PERFECT. MARK RYLANCE is VIRTUOSIC. Director MATTHEW WARCHUS has THE PERFECT LIGHT TOUCH and LIVELY IMAGINATION to bring LA BÊTE to life."
– Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News

"A TOUR DE FORCE FOR MARK RYLANCE! DAVID HYDE PIERCE gives a LOVELY, NUANCED performance. JOANNA LUMLEY is DELIGHTFUL."
– Linda Winer, Newsday

"MARK RYLANCE is one of the FINEST STAGE COMEDIANS we have. MATTHEW WARCHUS is as ACCOMPLISHED a director of comedy as can be found anywhere in the English-speaking world."
– Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
 

"VIRTUOSIC & GENIUS! MARK RYLANCE is one of the funniest actors alive! DAVID HYDE PIERCE is impressive. JOANNA LUMLEY shines beautifully. Director MATTHEW WARCHUS has raised the bar."
– Roma Torre, NY1
 

"LEAVES THE AUDIENCE HELPLESS WITH LAUGHTER… LA BÊTE LANDS AN UNEXPECTED EMOTIONAL PUNCH. MARK RYLANCE is A VIRTUOSO. JOANNA LUMLEY can DEADPAN with the best of them. DAVID HYDE PIERCE can DEFTLY SLAY an audience, beautifully calibrating everything from disdain to outrage. MATTHEW WARCHUS is a COMEDY MAESTRO!"
– David Benedict, Variety

"THE LAUGHS COME FAST AND FURIOUS. MARK RYLANCE and DAVID HYDE PIERCE are BRILLIANT COMIC TALENTS."
– Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
 

West End

THE TIMES

“Brilliant. You'll never see anything quite like it again”

“David Hyde Pierce’s face alone is worth the ticket”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“A big theatrical hit”

“Mark Rylance shines dazzlingly”

FINANCIAL TIMES

“The hottest ticket of the Summer”

“You should all see the play”

“A virtuoso performance from Rylance”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“Mark Rylance is hilariously funny and strangely touching”

DAILY EXPRESS

“Joanna Lumley has splendid passion”

“The laughter echoes out of the theatre”

“A tour de force for Mark Rylance”

“Rylance is probably this country’s greatest actor”

THE INDEPENDENT

“Mark Rylance’s virtuoso triumph”

THE GUARDIAN

“Riveting comedy”

SUNDAY TIMES

“A quite astonishing bit of theatre”

SUNDAY EXPRESS

“An instant must-see”

“Stunning”

OBSERVER

“Mark Rylance is genius”

VARIETY

“The audience is mostly helpless with laughter”

“Very, very funny”

BBC RADIO 4

“Joanna Lumley commands the stage”

ASSOCIATED PRESS

“A bravura performance by Rylance”

“A astonishing piece of acting”

DAILY MAIL

“Hilarious”

TIME OUT

“David Hyde Pierce is excellent”