play to
verb1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, to.
- At the festival, the band played to 20,000 people.
2
To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.).
- He played to his strengths tonight.
- The advertisement plays to people's fears about cancer.
3
To act in order to gain the attention or admiration of.
- to play to the crowd
- to play to the cameras