Sam Bass Theatre Opens Season With IT'S ONLY A PLAY

Sam Bass Theatre Opens Their 2016-2017 Season With Regional Premeire of IT'S ONLY A PLAY

It's the opening night of "The Golden Egg" on Broadway, and wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in her bedroom as the inner circle gathers to await the critic's reviews... The group includes the anxious playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, treading the boards after becoming infamous in Hollywood; and the playwright's best friend, for whom the play was written but who passed up this production for a television series. Add to this a drama critic who's panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring actor, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre-and for comedy. But don't worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for.

Terrence McNally's recent Broadway smash hit comes to town in this regional premeire production by Sam Bass Theatre, directed by Frank Benge. Opening Sept. 16 and running through Oct. 8, this is a hilarious look at the egos and personalities that command the New York stage. The cast features Jeff Shaevel, Adam Rowland, Mary Southon, Rhonda Roe, Nicholas Mani, Cory Grabenstein and Gene Storie.

"This show is without a doubt hilariously, sidesplittingly funny...These are among the funniest lines to roll off a stage in years...IT'S ONLY A PLAY deserves only a rave."

-The New York Times.

"At the heart of the humor is the sublime narcissism of the professional players and their honest conviction that nothing matters except the theater...You really must laugh at McNally's unquenchable wit-but those sloppy-kiss tributes to the theater...are deeply felt and honestly moving."

-Variety.

"This is the sort of comedy that puts the broad in Broadway, with a genuinely funny script boasting pointed barbs at theater mainstays such as Liza Minnelli, Harvey Fierstein, and New York Times critic Ben Brantley...IT'S ONLY A PLAY is a poison-pen mash note to New York Theater, at once gleefully bitchy and affectionate."

-Entertainment Weekly.

Performances are Thur - Sat at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.

Reservations: www.sambasstheatre.org