Break Legs! Martin Short, Katie Finneran & Maulik Pancholy Begin Performances in Broadway's It's Only a Play

Three new stars are ready to exit the wings, take center stage and brave opening night hell. Tony winners Martin Short and Katie Finneran, along with Broadway newcomer Maulik Pancholy, begin performances in the showbiz comedy It’s Only a Play beginning January 7. They take over for Nathan Lane as James Wicker, Megan Mullally as Julia Budder and Rupert Grint as Frank Finger, respectively. Performances of the Terrence McNally play will run through January 18 at the Schoenfeld Theatre before packing up and moving next door to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where it will run from January 23 through March 29. Original cast members Matthew Broderick, F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing and Micah Stock remain in the production.

Short took home a Tony Award for his performance in Little Me. He was also nominated for The Goodbye Girl and headlined Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He shares an Emmy with John Candy, Andrea Martin and more for their writing on SCTV. His additional screen credits include Father of the Bride, Mars Attacks!, Three Amigos, Innerspace, Saturday Night Live and Primetime Glick.

Finneran won the Tony for her performances in Promises, Promises and Noises Off. Her additional Broadway credits include Annie, Mauritius, Cabaret, The Iceman Cometh, Neil Simon's Proposals, The Heiress, In the Summerhouse, My Favorite Year, Two Shakespearean Actors and On Borrowed Time. She will appear in the upcoming drama series, Bloodline on Netflix. Other TV credits include The Michael J. Fox Show, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Wonderfalls and The Inside.

Pancholy is best known for playing Jonathan on 30 Rock and Sanjay on Weeds. His other TV credits include Whitney, Web Therapy, The Comeback and The Good Wife. On the big screen, he has appeared in films such as 27 Dresses, Friends with Money and Hitch. Off-Broadway theater credits include Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend and Aunt Dan & Lemon.