Significant Other NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (606)
See it if You are a NYer. We can all relate. to the struggle with loneliness and wanting someone in our lives who loves us and cares about us.
Don't see it if You are a tourist looking for a musical. Otherwise, see it. Read more
See it if you enjoy comedies with dramatic moments. Excellent writing with a script that makes you think about your own life. Top notch acting!
Don't see it if you hate plays that might make you think about your own life. you don't like some raunchy comedy moments.
See it if you enjoy new plays and contemporary drama with large well written characters/relationships portrayed with genuine truth and sincerity.
Don't see it if you're single and lonely ðŸ˜
See it if If you like dramedies about ones partnership status. Like cleaver dialogue and good acting. Contemporary themes
Don't see it if You don't think being single at a wedding is the worst thing ever. If you don't like to see big flaws in the choices of your main character
See it if you enjoy human interaction and the exploration of loneliness and growing up.
Don't see it if you don't enjoy snarky humor and adorable dance scenes.
See it if you like modern stories, with young relate-able characters.
Don't see it if you have young children with you as much of the plot will go over their heads.
See it if You love Rebecca Naomi Jones loved her in hedwig and American Idiot i really enjoyed this!
Don't see it if if you dont like live shows and great acting!
See it if You're looking for something current, new, a bit Millennial, but still deals with issues and feelings we all face.
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Critic Reviews (63)
"I think this is the kind of play that certain gifted young playwrights need to write; exploring the world they know and the people they know from the perspective they know. But there’s a callowness at the core, and to me...it feels like a play revealing truths that are only deep if you’re still of that generation and trying to dope things out...Anyway: well directed and well acted. And don’t let me dissuade you from the ride. Just don’t kid yourself about what’s under the hood."
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"The Broadway transfer has only strengthened the play. The often quick scenes flow effortlessly and bleed into each other. And all but one cast member, Rebecca Naomi Jones, transferred from the off-Broadway production, and all give strong and unique performances. But this time around, I did feel differently for Jordan. Truly a complex, complete and relatable character, he is a man who longs for a relationship but is in no way ready for or deserving of one."
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"A flawed if fiercely funny and relatable look at obsessive yearning and the vicissitudes of the once-impermeable friendship bond after Mr. Right comes along...Glick’s charisma makes the character’s incessant whining simmer with pathos, but also rings my therapist bell...Happily director Trip Cullman keeps the action moving, preventing the characters’ lack of growth from slowing down the entertaining proceedings."
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"Tenderly unromantic romantic comedy about a gay man aching for love in the 20-something years, when that ache cuts down to the bone. The play is directed with nimble grace by Trip Cullman, and is as richly funny as it is ultimately heart-stirring...Writing with a buoyancy belying the play’s undertow of sadness, Mr. Harmon acutely captures that perilous period in young adulthood when friends from college and work begin paling into mere acquaintances."
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"Directed by Trip Cullman with a gimlet eye for social nuance, 'Significant Other' is a sharp but bittersweet New York comedy studded with wry one-liners. The play’s main assets are right up front, in the keenness of the writing and the humanity of the performances. 'Significant Other' makes you slap your knees until you notice they’re bruised."
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"Nice or even exquisite writing doesn’t make a play. Part of the problem is that Harmon’s themes are so thin and vaporous; another part is that they are so frequently and baldly stated...Oddly, the production seems at pains to emphasize rather than disguise the inertia."
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"By turns hilarious, heart-tugging and aggravating, the play is exactly like its main character, Jordan...This is an old story — and, as presented, a very old-fashioned one...The length of Harmon’s play isn’t an issue. It’s the familiarity and contrivances that significantly blunt its impact."
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"You know that sinking feeling when you look around and realize that all your friends are married? Harmon heads for this lonesome place from the very beginning of his frightfully funny relationship comedy, 'Significant Other.' Cullman helms his flawlessly cast ensemble through laughter and tears as all but one of four friends finds the right mate. The lone outcast is the youngish gay man...As played by the irresistibly lovable Glick, you want to fix him up or take him home for yourself."
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