It's Only a Play

It's Only a Play
Written byTerrence McNally
CharactersJulia Budder
Peter Austin
James Wicker
Virginia Noyes
Frank Finger
Ira Drew
Gus P. Head
Emma
Date premieredNovember 1982
Place premieredActors and Directors Theatre
New York City
Original languageEnglish
SubjectWaiting for reviews of a new Broadway play
GenreComedy
SettingA 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.