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4 Ratings

3.5

Duration
1H 55min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric Poetry & Drama

What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed by the playwright, includes original Broadway cast member Thomas Sadoski, whose acclaimed performance also earned a Tony nomination. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Gia Crovatin as Carly Jenna Fischer as Steph Thomas Sadoski as Greg Josh Stamberg as Kent Original music by 50footwave, courtesy of Yes Dear Music. Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast. Written and directed by Neil LaBute. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in September of 2013.

© 2014 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580819459

Release date

Audiobook: 30 January 2014

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