See it if you are looking for a very "current" show. The show is very relevant to anyone who has come of age and has been heart sick
Don't see it if you are looking for an old fashioned type of show. This play is very current and differently done.
See it if You want to laugh out loud a lot. One of the funniest, but also at times sadly moving, stories. Super clever staging. Wonderful acting.
Don't see it if You need to approve of all the characters's actions.
See it if you are a human with feelings
Don't see it if you can't go in the next 2 days because it's closing :(
See it if If you are single and in your 20s/30s
Don't see it if You're a cynic. Read more
See it if You want to see Gideon Glick, Lindsay Mendez among other be EXQUISITE. Devastating and well written.
Don't see it if the directing is a miss unfortunately.
See it if you're between late teens and late twenties/early thirties, love your friends more than anything else in the world, or struggle romantically
Don't see it if you are concerned by really dark humor, don't understand the modern dating struggle, or are expecting a typical Broadway play
See it if you like plays that are resonant and relatable to the human experience.
Don't see it if you want a large-scale spectacle or something classic.
See it if See this show if you live in this day and age. Intensely relevant and painstakingly accurate, our relationship to love is always changing.
Don't see it if You don't have a beating heart.
“A dreary New York theater season has suddenly come vibrantly to life with ‘Significant Other’…Gideon Glick is simply marvelous, and so is the play and everyone in it…Joshua Harmon writes with heartbreaking truth and bittersweet honesty. Trip Cullman has directed with warmth and a refreshing lack of sentimentality. Although the entire cast is splendid, it is the career-defining centrifugal force of Glick that holds center stage captive.”
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"Stereotypes are dangled...The dialogue can feel rom-com-ish...But what emerges as this play progresses is something sharper and more unsettling. If Harmon doesn’t eschew cliches — the playwright wields them with surprising wit, in fact — he has crafted, in Jordan, a central character who defies them...Glick’s meticulously shaded, irresistibly human performance is further supported, under Trip Cullman’s nimble direction, by other costars."
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"On second viewing, I can appreciate it as a fully developed portrait of a shy, sensitive and self-effacing young man confronting social pressure and his own emotional needs. There is a constant fluidity to Trip Cullman’s production, which bounces between short scenes using a tall set that evokes workplace, club and home settings and precise lighting changes. Glick is so adorable and vulnerable that you feel compelled to jump onstage, give him a hug and find him a date."
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"As skillfully well done as it was before, with director Trip Cullman once again providing a keen, realistic eye to guide the proceedings...A ferociously hilarious, unbearably sad, and astonishingly relatable portrait of the formative friendships we have in our youth...There's a beautiful realness to 'Significant Other.' It's the rare Broadway production that so expertly captures the painful uncertainty of what life is like at the end of an era."
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"The combination of Harmon's script, which nicely glides between hip humor and touching explorations of loneliness, and the leading performance of Glick - tousled, empathetic and cheerfully witty - might be enough to turn the most cynical soul into a hopeless romantic...There's a noticeably new spark in director Cullman's production, that neatly glides from effervescent to emotionally raw...'Significant Other' is a significant contribution to this Broadway season."
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"A touching and delightful play...The terrific actor who plays Jordan, Gideon Glick, imbues him with the kind of warmth, humor, and unsullied pathos that's all but unheard of among even today's brightest young stage stars...Although Harmon has painstakingly chiseled Jordan, he's accomplished no less with the other characters...With all the brilliance at work here, 'Significant Other' passes briskly."
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“Unsuccessfully blending comedy and drama, ‘Significant Other’ is a sullen though fitfully compelling take on contemporary romantic life in New York City…It’s well constructed, the dialogue is snappy and filled with some funny one-liners…Moderately entertaining, it attempts to explore a prevalent societal issue, but is undermined by its off-putting main character and its rarified sensibility...An excellent production that cannot compensate for its problematic core."
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"Harmon once again proved himself to be a wonderful wordsmith and astute chronicler of the quandaries faced by the contemporary young adults...Basically this is an old-fashioned romantic comedy, but with newfangled details and a leading character who's gay...This is a virtuoso performance by Glick. He's on stage throughout, balancing self-absorption and immaturity with vulnerability and charm...Staged with great imagination and style by Trip Cullman."
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