a limited 18-week engagement, through January 4, 2015, that was later extended to June 7, 2015. Tom Kirdahy produced and Jack O'Brien directed, with a cast that starred Nathan Lane as James Wicker and Matthew Broderick as Peter Austin. Also featured in the cast were Megan Mullally as Julia Budder, Stockard Channing as Virginia Noyes, F. Murray Abraham as Ira Drew, Rupert Grint as Frank Finger, and Micah Stock as Gus. In November 2014, it was announced that the play would extend its run through January 18, 2015, at the Schoenfeld, and then transfer to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in a run from January 23, 2015, to March 29, 2015. Martin Short replaced Lane in the role of James Wicker as of January 7, 2015. Additionally, Katie Finneran and Maulik Pancholy replaced Mullally and Grint. On January 29, 2015, it was announced that the play would further extend its run until June 7, 2015. Nathan Lane returned to the cast on March 31, 2015, (after the play he was in, The Iceman Cometh, ended). Additionally, T.R. Knight joined the cast as Frank Finger on March 31, 2015. On December 17, 2014, it was announced that the play had recouped its "$3.9 million capitalization". Variety noted the "consistent strength of the show's box office" and called it a "megaseller". Plot A wealthy first-time Broadway producer, Julia Budder, is throwing an opening night party for The Golden Egg at her luxurious Manhattan home. The playwright, Peter Austin, is joined by the director, a lead actor, and assorted friends and hangers-on (including a critic) as they nervously wait for the late-night reviews printed in the newspapers. As they wait, they gossip and name-drop celebrities who are in attendance and chat about their respective theater experiences. Virginia Noyes, the star of the show, is taking drugs. James Wicker, an old friend of the playwright, is now a successful TV actor who turned down the lead in the play, and is relieved and secretly thrilled about the bad reviews that arrive. And, although Ira Drew is a theater critic, he is very critical of the theater because he has no talent to actually participate, despite his secretly writing plays. Not discouraged by the bad reviews for The Golden Egg, the assembled parties eagerly make plans for their next play, which they know will be a hit. Cast of characters James Wicker, television actor and