Sentence examples for it played for from inspiring English sources
On Thursday at the 92nd Street Y, the Orion String Quartet celebrated its 20th anniversary by repeating the program it played for its New York recital debut there in March 1989.
That can no longer be said after "My Name Is Hmmm..," her arty and divisive directorial debut that made its North American premiere when it played for reporters at the New York Film Festival on Monday.
Not so Doug Wright's surprise hit I Am My Own Wife, which began life in workshops at the Sundance Institute in Utah, then worked its way up to Broadway, where it played for a year to massive acclaim, picking up Tonys and Pulitzers along the way.
"In France it played for 10 years".
At the Astor Theater in New York City, it played for an astounding 96 weeks.
It played for one day to a sell-out audience made up mainly of expatriate Cambodians.
"They call it playing for a reason.
It plays for two weeks at Film Forum, in a new print, beginning Nov. 12.
