Peter's best friend who passed over the lead in The Golden Egg Julia Budder, a rich, first-time solo producer of Peter's play and hostess of the opening night party Peter Austin, the playwright of The Golden Egg Virginia Noyes, dissolute, aging star of the play Frank Finger, the young, egomaniacal, "genius" British director Ira Drew, savage theater critic Gus P. Head, the coat-check boy who aspires to be on Broadway Emma, a no-nonsense taxi driver (dropped from the 2014 revival) Principal cast Critical reception John Simon, in his review of the 1982 off-off-Broadway production for New York Magazine called the play "truly amusing", while noting that the play is missing "the interaction of characters on a plot as well as confrontational level." Michael Kuchwara, in his review of the 1986 off-Broadway production for the Associated Press, called the play a "maliciously funny diatribe about the desperate and demented business of producing a play on Broadway." Awards and nominations References External links Internet Broadway Database Listing Internet Off-Broadway Database Listing Dramatists Play Service Plays by Terrence McNally 1982 plays Plays set in New York City