The fall’s biggest hit It’s Only a Play is shake shake shake shake shaking off the winter blues with some major shakeups: first it’s switching theatres to the Jacobs on Jan. 23 and it also recently welcomed three new stars (Tony winners Martin Short and Katie Finneran and TV’s Maulik Pancholy), and we here at BroadwayBox are losing our minds with excitement.
Now let’s be real. Who likes winter? Snow, cold, getting sick, bundled up so you never know if the person on the street is really cute (or fit) under all those layers. Nope. So why not escape it all for a couple of hours with the funniest people on Broadway? It’s Only a Play is a show about show business and it’s comprised of some of the absolute funniest people in the biz—it’s a no brainer. Below, we tip our hats to the hilarious company with some totally unprofessional fan-out moments of these great comedians.
Martin Short
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Matthew Broderick
At a Glance: This two-time Tony winner is Ferris Bueller, Leo Bloom and Simba. #CaseClosed
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Katie Finneran
At a Glance: Promises, Promises (Tony Award), Noises Off (Tony Award), Annie, Cabaret, Company and a slew of TV gigs.
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Maulik Pancholy
At a Glance: With only featured or supporting roles, he walked away stealing entire seasons of Weeds and 30 Rock; other street creds include Sanjay and Craig, 27 Dresses and Whitney.
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Stockard Channing
At a Glance: Do you even need more than Rizzo from Grease? Fine, there’s West Wing, To Wong Foo, Practical Magic, First Wives Club, Six Degrees of Separation, The Matthew Shepard Story, three Emmy Awards and two Tonys.
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F. Murray Abraham
At a Glance: Oscar-winning badass from Amadeus, Homeland, Scarface, All the President’s Men, Finding Forrester and The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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Micah Stock
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Broadway debut for this adorable rising star; though maybe you caught him in off-Broadway’s And Away We Go or Long Wharf’s 4,000 Miles or as Reed Philbin on the short-lived Deception.
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Let this seven stars make you laugh your ass at It’s Only a Play