Significant Other NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (606)
See it if cute little show about being single. funny, but has little moments that really pull on your heartstrings.
Don't see it if you want a serious play
See it if you are a 20 something or can remember what it was like to be young and figuring out love and life.
Don't see it if you can't handle gay themes or relate to 20 somethings.
See it if Very funny, true ! Sometimes sad to see the young generation how lonely they can be without a partner and what they would do to get a partne
Don't see it if You don't like funny plays
See it if you want an honest to God comedy on Broadway. An insightful, funny and affecting look at a gay man's search for love. LOVE Trip Cullman!
Don't see it if you're not really interested in romantic comedies...and it is a bit long.
See it if You want to see a play about sincere long term relationships between a gay man and his straight female friends. It's a funny play
Don't see it if you need a happy ending. I thought it was a bitter sweet ending.
See it if you are in the mood for something very different from your theater going experiences. You will thank me after.
Don't see it if you are a homophobe. Read more
See it if you are interested in seeing a realistic and touching portrayal of how romantic relationships impact how we define intimacy and friendship.
Don't see it if you don't like shows that take place over a span of years shown through vignettes.
See it if You are (or ever have been) single or a friend
Don't see it if Slightly caricatured secondary characters bother you or you need a main character that is totally likable
Critic Reviews (63)
"The play brings subtlety and nuance to factors beyond Jordan's romantic ineptitude and immaturity. Without judging, Harmon also offers an honest examination of the hidden clauses and imbalances in friendships between women and gay men, illustrated by the fact that...he's never a core member of the bridal party. In many ways, 'Significant Other' is a perceptive gay male variation on female-centric screen comedies about corrosive relationship envy."
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"Will resonate with everybody who’s ever forked over hundreds of dollars on engagement bashes and bachelorette parties, not to mention the weddings themselves. Overall, 'Significant Other' is a lot mellower than the withering 'Bad Jews,' but that one scene almost makes up the difference...Director Trip Cullman keeps the action moving fluidly, and the appealing actors mine every drop of comedy and pathos from the script — which, underneath its brashness, is at heart fairly conventional."
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"The dialogue here is sharp, unapologetic and witty. He veers into Sapville, however, with Jordan’s grandmother Helene, who gives one of those wise-old-woman speeches toward the end of the play about romantic struggles just being a chapter in a long book. As Harmon would say: Ugh! For a chilling moment, I thought we were headed for a Hollywood rom-com ending, with a cute guy tapping Jordan on the shoulder just as he’s feeling like he’ll never find love. But this is no rom-com, and it’s all the more 'Significant' for that."
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"It doesn't take long for 'Significant Other' to prove itself one of the most astutely observed contemporary works about loneliness and the eternal quest for companionship. With a text that layers humor over a very realistic melancholy, Harmon's second play shows a greater maturity and self-assurance than his first, and also makes more of a profound impact...'Significant Other' is an extremely relatable must-see."
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"Joy and pain travel hand in hand in relationships of all stripes, but rarely is the interconnection between the two feelings explored as fully, and as blissfully, as it is in 'Significant Other'. Joshua Harmon's winning new play...What makes the performance — and 'Significant Other' — are the quieter moments...His battle is ours as well, Harmon warns, and not something to take for granted, especially if we're not in that place ourselves."
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"Hilarious and bittersweet...The kind of all-out, no-holds-barred performance, both emotionally and physically, that some actors might be afraid to. Ultimately, 'Significant Other' may not end up being a significant addition to the theatrical canon, but it serves up an evening’s entertainment, food for thought, and a starring role that actors around the country will be dying to sink their teeth into."
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"Harmon offers an offbeat balance of comedy and drama, of character and caricature, and director Trip Cullman deals with the material with equal strangeness, but not without effect. He injects an overload of physical comedy into the proceedings which sets the action spinning at a proper pace."
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"'Significant Other' is another smart, laugh-a-minute, contemporary comedy from the author of 'Bad Jews...' Sondheim or Wasserstein, both or neither; Harmon is in good company with 'Significant Other.' This one is not as immediately startling as 'Bad Jews,' but every bit as rewarding and funny. Keep 'em coming, Mr. Harmon."
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