IT’S ONLY A PLAY
Middletown Lyric Theatre
June 2-10
Middletown
Directed by Nathan Greer
Cast: Chris Griesinger as Frank, Karen Griesinger as Julia, Ken Jaffe as Ira, Diane Minnich as Virgina, Michael Schlotterbeck as James & Jacob O’Connor as Gus
It’s the opening night of “The Golden Egg” on Broadway, and the wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party. However, cloistered in a bedroom upstairs is a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director and the pill-popping leading lady. 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.
- Fri-Sat, June 2-3 at 8pm
- Fri, June 9 at 8pm
- Sat, June 10 at 3pm & 8pm
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