It’s Only a Play is a Hilarious Love Letter to the Theater World at Park Square Theatre

I’d like to be able to say that the cast is the reason to see It’s Only a Play part of Park Square Theatre’s 50 year celebration season. But that’s only one of the reason. There’s also the elegant set design by Benjamin Olsen, the creative and excellently staged Direction by Stephen DiMenna, and of course the knowingly hilarious script by Terrence McNally. Set in the bedroom of the townhouse of Broadway producer Julia Budder on opening night of her first solo production. Below there’s a party going on while upstairs a group of those involved with the play, their friends, the help, and even a critic, await the reviews. Filled with in jokes that those up on theater and pop culture will enjoy, but I feel like the humor is universal enough that you don’t have to be a theater nerd to enjoy it.

The cast is so good that rather than use a more interesting photo from the production I wanted to use one from the curtain call that featured the entire cast, because they are all so good and I can only comment on a few. The largest role is played by Jim Lichtscheidl, as James Wicker the playwrights best friend and an Actor who turned down the male lead he says because of his TV series, but really he thinks it’s a turkey.