Sunday
56%
56%
(102 Ratings)
Positive
19%
Mixed
50%
Negative
31%
Members say
Disappointing, Indulgent, Confusing, Slow, Banal

About the Show

In this new play by Tony winner Jack Thorne, friends gather for a book group, anxious to prove their intellectual worth, but that anxiety gets the better of any actual discussion as emotional truths come pouring out.

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Critic Reviews (14)

The New York Times
September 23rd, 2019

"Being Young and Bored in a Book Club on ‘Sunday’: In Jack Thorne’s listless new play, a group of feckless friends gather to discuss Anne Tyler and share their self-consciousness."
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Time Out New York
September 23rd, 2019

2/5 Stars "Sunday is listless and out of joint, full of redundant arguments and, when it wants to make points with crashing clarity, third-person narration."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
September 23rd, 2019

"Unmagical Realism in 'Runboyrun,' 'In Old Age,' and 'Sunday.'"
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The Hollywood Reporter
September 23rd, 2019

"The twentysomething members of a book club reveal their thoughts and insecurities in the new play by Jack Thorne, the Tony-winning author of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.'"
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Theatermania
September 23rd, 2019

"Jack Thorne Redefines Sunday Scaries for Young Adults Staring Into the Future: The Tony-winning playwright of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' brings a different kind of coming-of-age play to Atlantic Theater Company."
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BroadwayWorld
September 24th, 2019

"Book-Clubbing Twentysomethings Seek Their Defining Moments in Jack Thorne's 'SUNDAY.'"
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New York Stage Review
September 23rd, 2019

2/5 Stars "'Twentysomethings, Off the Grid and ISO Meaning': Having tackled King Kong and Harry Potter, Jack Thorne takes on post-millennials"
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New York Stage Review
September 23rd, 2019

2/5 Stars "'Spending a Desultory Evening with Generation Z': Meet some 'wry and ironic and dull' characters at Atlantic Theater, or perhaps not"
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