In Joshua Harmon’s play Significant Other, he depicts a variation of the “always a bridesmaid never a bride scenario.” Only in this comedy, Jordan (Will Von Vogt ) finds all his close female friends one-by-one finding love and marriage. He is frustrated that he doesn’t have the same luck finding “Mr. Right.” Significant Other is in previews and officially opens this week at the Geffen Playhouse. The show will run through May 6th.
Harmon is the playwright who gave us Bad Jews (which played at the Geffen Playhouse in 2015.) When Significant Other opened in New York, it received rave reviews – not just for its jokes, but for its pathos, too. He has a new play, Skintight, starting previews in New York on May 31st at the Laura Pels Theatre as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company season. That play stars Idina Menzel.
The rest of the cast includes Melanie Field, Vella Lovell, Preston Martin, Kelly McQuail, John Garet Stoker and Concetta Tomei. Significant Other is directed by Stephen Brackett who directed the original production and tour of Buyer and Cellar.
And if you never saw Bad Jews, a new production begins previews on April 18th at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West Los Angeles on Sepulveda. The official opening is April 21st and it will run through June 17th.
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