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A play that pokes fun at pain and pleasure of theater life

Actor Matthew Broderick and the show’s real-life playwright, Terrence McNally.

10/23/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

A play that pokes fun at pain and pleasure of theater life

Clip: 10/23/2014 | 7m 31s

Actor Matthew Broderick and the show’s real-life playwright, Terrence McNally.

Updated for today’s audiences, the revival production of “It’s Only a Play,” now on Broadway for the first time, lampoons life on the stage from the perspective of a fictional playwright. Jeffrey Brown sits down with starring actor Matthew Broderick and the show’s real-life playwright, Terrence McNally.

10/23/2014 | Rating NR

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