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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Weathervane’s ‘It’s
Only a Play’ sets the stage for success</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Gwendolyn Kochur</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><FONT face=Georgia>There’s no business
like show business, as the Weathervane Playhouse production of “It’s Only a
Play” so beautifully and hysterically demonstrates. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><FONT
face=Georgia><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt">The broad comedy –
which </SPAN><SPAN
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color=#222222>originally opened off-off Broadway in 1982, was revived
off-Broadway in 1986, and revived again with an all-star cast on Broadway in
2014 – takes place at the opening night after-party of </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt">the Broadway debut of “The Golden Egg.”
While a crowd of celebrities, Broadway elite, and local politicians mingle
downstairs at the producer’s Manhattan townhouse, the production’s creative team
and a few friends anxiously </SPAN><SPAN
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color=#222222>await the reviews in an upstairs bedroom suite.<SPAN
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face=Georgia><SPAN
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color=#222222>The room is </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt">bursting with over-inflated egos, high
tension in anticipation of a New York Times review that could make or break the
new show and, thanks to director Fred Gloor’s impeccable comic timing, no
shortage of hilarity. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Georgia><I><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>For
more of this review, which is supported by a Cleveland State University civic
engagement grant, go to </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><FONT
color=#0000ff>https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/culture/</FONT></SPAN></I></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>