Significant Other (play)
2015 play by Joshua Harmon
Significant Other is an American play written by Joshua Harmon, which premiered Off-Broadway in 2015, followed by a Broadway production at the Booth Theatre in Spring 2017.
Productions
The play was produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theatre. The play premiered on May 16, 2015, in previews, officially on June 18, and closed on August 16, 2015.
Directed by Trip Cullman, the cast featured Gideon Glick as Jordan, with John Behlmann, Sas Goldberg, Lindsay Mendez, Carra Patterson, Luke Smith, and Academy Award nominee Barbara Barrie, in her return to the stage at age 84.
The play transferred to Broadway on February 14, 2017 (which the production billed as "Singles Awareness Day"), and it officially opened on March 2 at the Booth Theatre. The Off-Broadway cast and creative team remained intact, with Rebecca Naomi Jones replacing Carra Paterson in the role of Vanessa. It marked the Broadway debuts for both playwright Harmon and director Cullman. The production ended its limited Broadway engagement on April 23, 2017, after a run of 79 performances. The Broadway production was filmed by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. The production team included: Scenic Design by Mark Wendland, Costume Design by Kaye Voyce, Lighting Design by Japhy Weideman, and Sound Design by Daniel Kluger.
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