It's Only a Play
| It's Only a Play | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Terrence McNally |
| Characters | Julia Budder Peter Austin James Wicker Virginia Noyes Frank Finger Ira Drew Gus P. Head Emma |
| Date premiered | November 1982 |
| Place premiered | Actors and Directors Theatre New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Waiting for reviews of a new Broadway play |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | A home in Manhattan |
It's Only a Play is a play by Terrence McNally. The play originally opened Off-Off-Broadway in 1982. It was revived Off-Broadway in 1986, and on Broadway in 2014. The plot concerns a party where a producer, playwright, director, actors and their friends eagerly wait for the opening night reviews of their Broadway play.
It's Only a Play was revised from an unsuccessful 1978 play entitled Broadway, Broadway. The new retitled version was first produced Off-Off-Broadway by Manhattan Punch Line at the Actors and Directors Theatre, in November 1982.Paul Benedict directed, with a cast that included Francis Cuka as Julia Budder, Richard Leighton as James Wicker, Paul Guilfoyle as Frank Finger, Ken Kliban as Ira Drew and Harriet Rogers as Emma.
The play was revived Off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club at its New York City Center Stage 1, with previews starting December 17, 1985 and running from January 11, 1986 to January 26, 1986. Directed by John Tillinger, the cast featured Christine Baranski (Julia Budder), Paul Benedict (Ira Drew), Mark Blum (Peter Austin), James Coco (James Wicker), David Garrison (Frank Finger), Joanna Gleason (Virginia Noyes) and Florence Stanley (Emma). John Tillinger was nominated for the 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play.
A revised version was produced by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles, California in April 1992. John Tillinger directed, with a cast that featured Eileen Brennan (Virginia Noyes), Sean O'Bryan (Gus, a waiter), Charles Nelson Reilly (James Wicker), David Hyde Pierce (Frank Finger), Dana Ivey (Julia Budder), Paul Benedict (Ira Drew), Zeljko Ivanek (Peter Austin) and Doris Roberts (Emma).
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