PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 09, 2014
Closing Date
Jun 07, 2015
1st Preview
Aug 28, 2014
1st Preview
Aug 28, 2014
Previews
48
Performances
274
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
(Oct 09, 2014 - Jan 18, 2015)
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
(Jan 23, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015)
Setting
Julia Budder's townhouse.
Comments
While this production marked the first time that the play It's Only a Play appeared on Broadway, it was deemed eligible in the “revival” category for the 2015 Tony Awards.

It's Only a Play premiered off-off-Broadway at the Actors and Directors Theatre in 1982, produced by Manhattan Punch Line, and then ran Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage 1 in 1986, produced by Manhattan Theatre Club.

Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Roy Furman, Ken Davenport, Hunter Arnold, Morris Berchard and Susan Dietz, Caiola Productions, Carl Daikeler, Jim Fantaci, Wendy Federman, Barbara Freitag and Loraine Alterman Boyle, Hugh Hayes, Jim Herbert, Ricardo F. Hornos, Stephanie Kramer, LAMS Productions, Scott Landis, Mark Lee & Ed Filipowski, Harold Newman, Roy Putrino, Sanford Robertson, Tom Smedes and Peter Stern and Brian Cromwell Smith
Written by Terrence McNally
Directed by Jack O'Brien; Associate Director: Michael Bradshaw Flynn
Scenic Design by Scott Pask; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Philip Rosenberg; Sound Design by Fitz Patton; Hair and Wig Design by Campbell Young Associates; Makeup Design by Campbell Young Associates; Associate Scenic Design: Orit Jacoby Carroll and Jerome Martin; Associate Costume Design: Matthew Pachtman and Sarah Cubbage; Associate Lighting Design: Craig Stelzenmuller; Associate Sound Design: Justin Stasiw; Assistant Scenic Design: Jeff Hinchee; Moving Light Programmer: Alex Fogel
General Manager: Richards / Climan, Inc.; Company Manager: Doug Gaeta; Assistant Co. Mgr: Kendall Booher
Technical Supervisor: Hudson Theatrical Associates; Production Stage Manager: Jane Grey; Assistant Stage Mgr: Chris DeCamillis
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting; Advertising & Promotions: AKA; Digital: AKA; Marketing: DTE Agency and AKA; Press Representative: O&M Co.; Dog Training: Lydia DesRoche and Sit Stay Dog Training; Photographer: Joan Marcus
F. Murray Abraham
Ira Drew
Matthew Broderick
Peter Austin
Stockard Channing
Virginia Noyes
Rupert Grint
Broadway debut
Frank Finger
Aug 28, 2014 - Jan 04, 2015
Nathan Lane
James Wicker
Aug 28, 2014 - Jan 04, 2015
Megan Mullally
Julia Budder
Aug 28, 2014 - Jan 04, 2015
Micah Stock
Broadway debut
Gus P. Head
Standby: Ben Hollandsworth (Frank Finger, Gus P. Head), Isabel Keating (Virginia Noyes, Julia Budder) and Bob Stillman (Ira Drew, Peter Austin, James Wicker, Gus P. Head)

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Oct 09, 2014 - Jan 18, 2015)

Cast

Katie Finneran
Julia Budder
Jan 07, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015
Maulik Pancholy
Broadway debut
Frank Finger
Jan 07, 2015 - Mar 22, 2015
Martin Short
James Wicker
Jan 07, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Jan 23, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015)

Company Manager: Alexandra Agosta (Jan 27, 2015 - ?)

Cast

Nathan Lane
James Wicker
Mar 31, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015
Ben Hollandsworth
Frank Finger
Mar 24, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015
T. R. Knight
Frank Finger
Mar 31, 2015 - Jun 07, 2015
Standby: David Beach (Ira Drew, Peter Austin, James Wicker)

Tony Award®

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

2015 Nominee
Micah Stock

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

2015 Nominee
F. Murray Abraham

Theatre World

Award

2015 Recipient
Micah Stock
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