play at

Idioms  

1. Do or take part in half-heartedly, as in She was just playing at keeping house, letting the others do all the work. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

The musical, which has been in development for more than five years, is currently scheduled to play at the Savoy Theatre until October 2026.

From BBC

“Travesties,” from 1974, was arguably Mr. Stoppard’s most bookwormy play—at least at that early point in his career.

From The Wall Street Journal

"To write a play at all I do have to get hold of that fix, that charge, that juice which comes from getting really, really interested in a small area - it might be a scientific thing, it might be a philosophical thing, it might be an historical thing - but a real unforced, uncontainable fascination for something, from which everything else then becomes a play."

From BBC

There could be a debut for Liverpool captain Grace Fisk, who can play at centre-back or right-back, and has played in a back three as well as a back four.

From BBC

GPUs are very good at splitting tasks into many pieces and running them side-by-side, which is how gamers can play at 120 frames per second.

From Barron's