The Riverfront Playhouse in Aurora present opening night of It’s Only A Play on Friday, May 16 at 8:00pm. The show will run on weekends through Saturday, June 14.
It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and the 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 the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews.
The group includes the excitable 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 singer, 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.
Friday and Saturday showtimes at 8:00pm, while Sunday matinee’s on May 18, June 1, and June 8 begin at 4:00pm.
Tickets start at $18 and can be purchased here.
The Riverfront Playhouse is located at 11 South Water Street in Aurora.
