“Significant Other” would be the second Broadway play in a year written by an artist championed by Roundabout Underground, the nonprofit’s program for emerging artists. PhotoA comedic drama about a young gay man yearning for love is the first new American play planned for the current Broadway season. And Roundabout has been workshopping a third play it has commissioned from Mr. Harmon. The producer Jeffrey Richards said he would bring the play, “Significant Other” by Joshua Harmon, to Broadway next winter, at a Shubert theater to be announced. “The Humans,” which won the Tony Award for best new play this year, had a previous run at Roundabout, and that play’s author, Stephen Karam, first attracted notice with “Speech & Debate” at Roundabout Underground.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2016 18:08 UTC