It's Only a Play

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"It's Only a Play" is a Broadway comedy by Terrence McNally that satirizes the theater world as a group of showbiz insiders anxiously await reviews on opening night.

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instanceOf Broadway play
comedy play
stage play
2014RevivalCity New York City NERFINISHED
2014RevivalTheatre Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre NERFINISHED
2014RevivalType Broadway revival
actCount 2
author Terrence McNally NERFINISHED
BroadwayDebutYear 1986
BroadwayTheatre Brooks Atkinson Theatre NERFINISHED
character Frank Finger NERFINISHED
Gus NERFINISHED
Ira Drew NERFINISHED
James Wicker NERFINISHED
Julia Budder NERFINISHED
Peter Austin NERFINISHED
Virginia Noyes NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstProductionCity New York City NERFINISHED
firstProductionVenue Manhattan Theatre Club NERFINISHED
firstProductionYear 1982
genre comedy
satire
isAbout a group of theatre insiders awaiting opening-night reviews
notableCastMember F. Murray Abraham NERFINISHED
Matthew Broderick NERFINISHED
Megan Mullally NERFINISHED
Micah Stock NERFINISHED
Nathan Lane NERFINISHED
Rupert Grint NERFINISHED
Stockard Channing NERFINISHED
notableRevivalYear 2014
originalLanguage English
parodies Broadway theatre culture
productionType ensemble comedy
revisedVersionYear 1986
setting New York City
a Manhattan townhouse
subject Broadway theatre NERFINISHED
opening night
show business
theatre critics
theatre world
theme anxiety over critical reviews
ego in show business
the nature of theatrical success and failure
writer Terrence McNally NERFINISHED

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Micah Stock notableWork It's Only a Play