Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play, Starring Matthew Broderick & Nathan Lane, Sets First Preview Date

We’re inking this date into our calendars! Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, F. Murray Abraham, Megan Mullally and Rupert Grint will begin performances in It’s Only a Play on August 28. As previously announced, Terrence McNally's comedy will open officially at the Schoenfeld Theatre on October 9. Jack O’Brien will direct.

It's Only a Play is set on the opening night of Broderick's character Peter Austin's new play, as he anxiously awaits to see if his show is a hit. With his career on the line, he shares his big First Night with his best friend, a television star (Lane), his fledgling producer (Mullally), his erratic leading lady (Channing), his acclaimed young director director (Grint), an infamous drama critic, and a wide-eyed coat check attendant on his first night in Manhattan. There's no business like show business.

The play will run for a limited engagement through January 4, 2015. Micah Stock will also join the cast in his Broadway debut.