Greg and Kate visit a therapist, Leslie, who is ambiguously male and female depending on her patients' state of mind.

Kate is asked to teach abroad, in London, and tells Greg that the English have a six-month quarantine for any dogs coming into the country.

Directed by John Tillinger, the cast included Sarah Jessica Parker as "Sylvia", Blythe Danner, and Charles Kimbrough.

[3] The play ran at the Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, in February 1997, starring Stephanie Zimbalist as "Sylvia", Mary Beth Piel, Derek Smith, and Charles Kimbrough.

[1] The play was produced by the La Mirada Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in 2007 starring Cathy Rigby as "Sylvia".

[5] The play's first Broadway production began previews at the Cort Theatre on October 2, 2015,[6] starring Annaleigh Ashford as "Sylvia", Matthew Broderick, Julie White and Robert Sella, directed by Daniel J. Sullivan.

[9] 2023 Vincent Canby, in his review in The New York Times of the original 1995 production wrote "Dramatic literature is stuffed with memorable love scenes.

"[10] The CurtainUp reviewer of a 2010 regional production called the play "a delightful fantasy, but also a psychologically persuasive look at one man's mid-life crisis.

The actress is a riot sliding on knee pads, wagging her legs around and rushing down the aisle to suggest hot pursuit of a male canine.... directed with a winking eye and a buoyant heart.

"[12] The Newsday reviewer wrote of a "sympathy-evoking Julie White", the "utmost clueless sweetness by Mathew Broderick in his most engaged and endearing performance in a long time", and the "spectacular Annaleigh Ashford", but criticized the direction: "...increasingly annoying directorial exaggeration as Daniel Sullivan's production progresses..."[13]