Reasons To Be Pretty: Broadway Opening

Tonight is the opening night of Neil LaBute’s Broadway debut with the play reasons to be pretty, which recently played an acclaimed Off-Broadway run. The play will be opening at the Lyceum Theatre this evening, with a cast that includes Marin Ireland, Steven Pasquale, Piper Perabo, and Thomas Sadoski. The play conffronts our country’s obessesion with physical beauty in a head-to-head confrontation.  The play asks the uncomfortable question: How much is pretty worth?

After an off-handed comment to a friend, regarding a comparison between co-worker with a pretty face and his not-as-pretty girlfriend, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into chaos as fights, deceit and infidelity all come boiling to the surface. The play is part coming-of-age and part exploration of relationships in the quest to understand beauty at a social level.

The play is a well-worked through exploration of the themes of beauty and obsession with it that come to a head in this fascinating play. This is one performance on Broadway that you will not want to miss, so make sure that you get your reasons to be pretty tickets soon and get your chance to see this latest play by Neil LaBute as he makes his Broadway debut. Tickets are currently available at StubHub.com.

Posted in General on April 2, 2009

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