Bad Jews

PRAISE FOR THE PLAYS OF Joshua Harmon

BAD JEWS

“There’s nothing like a death in the family to bring out the worst in people. This unhappy truth is displayed with delectably savage humor in Bad Jews.”

—CHARLES ISHERWOOD, The New York Times, Critics’ Pick

“Conflicts of modernity and tradition function within any cultural framework, and with its canny humor and vibrant characterizations, Bad Jews offers a radioactive brew of neuroses and glee for audiences of all stripes.”

—JORDAN RIEFE, The Hollywood Reporter

“Bad Jews is delicious, nasty fun.”

—ELIZABETH VINCENTELLI, New York Post

“‘Survival’ is a recurring theme in Bad Jews, Joshua Harmon’s generously envenomed, no-blow-too-low cage match of full-contact identity politics, and, no matter how richly contemptible the combatants get, no matter how cocooned and blinkered and implosively selfish they prove themselves to be, we never doubt they’re fighting for their lives.”

—SCOTT BROWN, Variety

“The humor does more than entertain—it vexes and disturbs while challenging simplistic distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad.’”

—CHARLES MCNULTY, Los Angeles Times

“Rather brilliant … As badly as these Jews behave to one another, there is something life affirming about how they grapple with the legacy of their grandfather’s experience. And with Auschwitz casting a shadow over even the funniest moments of this comedy, you can’t ask more of a play than for life to be affirmed.”

—JOHN NATHAN, The Jewish Chronicle

“The conflict is vicious, the comedy bruising, but Harmon ensures that we see the grief and heartache that drives it.”

—SARAH HEMMING, Financial Times

“A ferocious domestic drama … Harmon has a talent to endure.”

—MICHAEL BILLINGTON, The Guardian

“Brilliant technique … It’s a strange, raw, obsessive creature … which features numerous passages of uproarious dialogue.”

—LLOYD EVANS, The Spectator

“An exhilarating drama—gritty, but with a touchingly human heart.”

—JANE SHILLING, The Telegraph

“Joshua Harmon’s play uses sharp comedy to probe the sort of questions of identity that usually get treated with dry solemnity.”

—HENRY HITCHINGS, Evening Standard

“A hilarious new comedy … It’s a recipe for absolute disaster and Harmon cleverly builds to a cataclysmic bust-up.”

—DAISY BOWIE-SELL, Time Out London

SIGNIFICANT OTHER

“An absolutely wonderful new play. Entirely delightful … a tenderly unromantic romantic comedy … as richly funny as it is ultimately heart stirring.”

—CHARLES ISHERWOOD, The New York Times, Critics’ Pick

“Uproarious and poignant…a masterpiece of comic anxiety … A smart new American romantic comedy … a rare thing indeed and worth celebrating.”

—ADAM FELDMAN, Time Out, Critic’s Pick

“This is a honey of a play … fresh and surprisingly affecting … Significant Other brings intelligence, humor, and penetrating observation to relatable contemporary characters.”

—DAVID ROONEY, The Hollywood Reporter

“A tart, melancholy romantic comedy.”

—Vogue

“Nigh-perfect … one of the most astutely observed contemporary works about loneliness and the eternal quest for companionship… Joshua Harmon’s Significant Other has tremendous universality.”

—DAVID GORDON, Theatermania

JOSHUA HARMON’s play Bad Jews received its world premiere at Roundabout Underground, transferred to the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre, and has since become one of the most produced plays in the United States. International productions include Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, South Africa and London’s West End, following sell-out runs at Theatre Royal Bath and the St. James. Other plays include Ivanka, which had readings at theatres across the country on Election Eve 2016, and Significant Other, which had its world premiere at Roundabout and transferred to Broadway in 2017. Joshua Harmon has received fellowships from MacDowell, Atlantic Center for the Arts and NNPN. He is a graduate of Juilliard and is under commission from Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Lincoln Center Theater.