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Irving Berlin said it best, there's no business like the one we're in
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You got that almost right. It's the right sentiment, but of course it's just a little off
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And it captures the heart and craziness of It's Only a Play
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jointly produced by the Spotlight and Vintage Theaters. I think the main point of a show like this is to have fun
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And for an actor to have a chance to play an actor, it's just a great opportunity
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Bernadette Peters asked me what I thought of the intermission, and all I did was flap my arms and go, gobble, gobble
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It's Only a Play is a Play about a Play. It takes place at a party on opening night, as the cast of characters, in every sense of that phrase, await the crucial first reviews
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I've had many opportunities to wait for reviews myself, and you just want everybody to love your children the same way you do
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Reviews are what's killing the theater. Good ones aren't, I'm still trying to get my niece a pair for Wicked
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Yeah, this is a great show for theater geeks. They will get a much bigger appreciation, I think
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But it's still, you know, anybody understands what goes on in the theaters
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You know, the thing about theater is it's actually happening at the moment it is
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You've just figured that out? Blew my mind. In this play the actors get a chance to play This ensemble they just make choices on the fly The inspiration comes up and you just go with it And it very exciting for me as an actor to not just do the
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you can just do the part. You can just say the lines. And that's fun and that's great
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But when you get an ensemble like this one, it's fireworks. I hate theater people
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Kiss, kiss, kiss. Darling, darling, darling. I don't like being kissed, especially by men
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I don't know, I don't care too. The witty lines fly back and forth
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It's the up-paced tempo, the fact that I'm just covered in sweat afterwards
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and it's very electrifying. It's very fast and funny. God, you are a funny man
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And as the audience for the show reacts to the actors, the two sides combine to make the play the thing
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An audience can really egg on. It's like being at a Bronco home game or something
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When the fans are going wild, then you... They're having the time of their lives down there
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It's Only a Play plays at the Vintage Theater beginning June 9th
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For tickets, go to VintageTheater.com or call 303-856-7830. This is Rob Bogan for Broadway World
