Significant Other NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (606)
See it if You love the 80's and quirky self deprecation.
Don't see it if IF you don't like plays.
See it if you like relevant comedy writing with great acting.
Don't see it if you are more into deep drama. Read more
See it if you like laugh-filled comedies with engaging characters...and a serious side, to boot.
Don't see it if a story about an unattached millennial wallowing in self-pity isn't quite your "thing". Read more
See it if Very entertaining and poignant show. All the actors were excellent. Barbara Barrie was fantastic and very memorable. a treat to see her.
Don't see it if If the romantic problems of people in their 20s don't interest you. (however, It was very funny and worth seeing.) Read more
See it if you want to be moved.
Don't see it if want a musical. Read more
See it if Friendship, love relationships, support, growing up. How do friendships fair when :relationships: appear? straight or gay, same issues.
Don't see it if You want more action than talk about friendship, gay life is not of concern.
See it if you're young or single. This is a rom-com chic flick turned musical, but includes a heart-wrenching and painful twist that will move you.
Don't see it if You prefer typical, or more abstract, theatre productions. While this may have a typical play format, it is genuine and modern to the max.
See it if you have a pulse. This heart-breaking & very funny script will keep you talking for days. DO NOT see it alone. G Glick deserves a Tony nod.
Don't see it if big iconic musicals or old classic plays are your thing. It's warm, touching, refreshing - albeit a bit millennial - but totally relevant.
Critic Reviews (63)
"A friendly, rollicking, sweet and altogether delectable comedy for today...'Significant Other' is as warm and friendly and lovable as a short-legged, long-eared puppy, and Gideon Glick is just as cuddly...Director Trip Cullman makes a delayed but assured Broadway bow...Mix Harmon’s warm-hearted script with Glick’s superb performance and the artfully flavorful assistance of Mendez and Barrie, and you’ve got an exceedingly winning Broadway comedy."
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"In its move to Broadway, Harmon’s play has been puffed up into something of a broad sitcom...Rather than digging into the underlying causes of his fears and insecurities as a queer person, the production presents Jordan as a sort minstrel of gay neuroses and delusion...Where Harmon’s easy humor previously allowed viewers a way in to a story that revealed itself to be something more sad and unsettling, laughter now drowns out most of the play’s tender moments."
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"A slick, well-made, funny-sad new Broadway comedy, the kind that doesn’t often get a first-rate commercial production these days...Cullman draws smart, entertaining performances...What lulls us into the comfort of a good-natured, finely crafted party-play has a serious core of loneliness, which is lovely. In the very center of that core, however, are characters with no life...I question whether this is the way things are right now. If so, this could be the saddest comedy I’ve ever seen."
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"Playwright Joshua Harmon and director Trip Cullman make their Broadway debuts with the very funny and ultimately poignant 'Significant Other'...Cullman’s direction skillfully balances the humor and insight of the story, as Jordan’s situation goes from silly to serious...Gideon Glick is irresistible as the insecure, anxiety-ridden, and romantically inept Jordan...It’s witty and sensitive, and it will leave you thinking about the old friends you left behind."
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"The evening merely becomes an extended sequence of his irritating whining. The play’s peppy (occasionally extremely funny) comedy ill-balances its very dark heart, which is really about one man’s terrible isolation...This trajectory of 'Significant Other' is studded by a baffling series of plot add-ons that go, disappointingly, nowhere—leaving a trail of intelligence-insulting red herrings. It feels like there is a much darker play here buried under a confected whipped cream of levity."
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"Everything about 'Significant Other' is off and deeply confusing...Harmon seems to believe this is a comic drama with something searing to say about the pain of loneliness in the modern world. But because Jordan isn’t just a normal guy with normal hang-ups who is unlucky in love or hasn’t met the right fellow yet, he’s unrelatable...The fault here begins and ends with the playwright...On the bright side, Cullman has honed the cast to fine effect."
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"Seeing it on Broadway, my feelings about the character, Jordan, had changed. I liked him, and the play, a lot better...Fluidly directed by Trip Cullman...Harmon is a very talented, humane playwright with a sharp eye and ear for the foibles of youth. But I think what made me appreciate his play more this time around was the deepening of Glick’s performance...Jordan still has his annoying qualities, but they’re embedded in a recognizable humanness."
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"An endearing romantic comedy...Glick has fully realized his character...One word for this performance? Relatable...Barrie’s earning deserved accolades for this role, and it’s because of her unsaccharine performance...These actors have had time to steep in their roles, something we see manifest in silly, spastic, surprisingly well-choreographed dance sequences at assorted bachelorette parties. The piece ends in a sincere fashion."
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