It's Only a Play Revival 2014
Run Time:
Two hours and 35 minutes
Opened: October 9, 2014Two hours and 35 minutes
Closing: June 07, 2015
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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Broadway)
242 West 45th St. New York, NY
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane lead an all-star cast featuring F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, Megan Mullally and Micah Stock in the Broadway comedy about the comedy of Broadway: It's Only a Play. Written by four-time Tony winner Terrence McNally and directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien, this is a celebration of theatre at its best- and theatre people behaving their not-so-best.
It's opening night of Peter Austin's (Matthew Broderick) new play as he anxiously awaits to see if his show is a hit. With his career on the line, he shares his big First Night with his best friend, a television star (Nathan Lane), his fledgling producer (Megan Mullally), his erratic leading lady (Stockard Channing), his wunderkind director, an infamous drama critic (F. Murray Abraham) and a fresh-off-the-bus coat check attendant (Micah Stock in his Broadway debut).
It's alternately raucous, ridiculous and tender- reminding audiences why there's no business like show business. Thank God!
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Review: 'It's Only A Play' is wickedly funny
9 / 10
Some people might call 'It's Only A Play' a valentine to the theater, but you mustn't believe them. Terrance McNally's play is not so much a love letter from a shy, smitten admirer as a mash note sent by a stalker who's written it in capital letters and smeared it with what may be bodily fluids. Whatever it is, it's a pure hoot, a rollicking comedy with perfect casting and deft direction in Jack O'Brien that gleefully dissects modern Broadway and doesn't pretend to mask its targets by using fake names...Lane is the unquestionable star here, at his droll best with perfect timing, mugging when he needs to or raising a haughty eyebrow to sell a joke the next. The rest of the cast -- including a really remarkable Broadway debut by Stock in a company of powerful stars -- is superb, all hysterical at first and then revealing deeper desires as the play continues.
Review: Stellar Cast Aside, 'It's Only a Play' Tries a Bit Too Hard to Be Funny
6 / 10
'It's Only a Play' makes for an exciting way to spend a night, but keep your expectations in check. This season's hottest ticket...is a behind-the-scenes Broadway satire starring a murderer's row of talent, each in roles that hew closely to the parts that made us love them in the first place...It's also trying to be too many things to too many people, and occasionally tripping over itself in the process...Mullally's hold-her-head-high producer has sass, but less edge...I kept wishing for a sharpness that never materialized, particularly in McNally's meandering second act. As James Wicker...Lane's performance -- he's essentially playing himself -- is the most consistently funny...Channing...mugs her way through some pretty good one-liners as an old pro who hoped the show would rehab her reputation... F. Murray Abraham seems to be having a swell time as snide critic Ira Drew...Grint makes a hilarious un-Ron Weasley-like entrance, and then tears through the rest of the production behaving like a cross between Billie Joe Armstrong and Richard Branson.
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Other Productions of It's Only a Play
| 1986 | Off-Broadway |
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| 2014 | Broadway |
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It's Only a Play - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Rupert Grint |
| 2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | F. Murray Abraham |
| 2015 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Terrence McNally |
| 2015 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Micah Stock |
| 2015 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Micah Stock |
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