Reasons to be Pretty, Neil LaBute
Reasons to be Pretty, Neil LaBute
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Reasons to be Pretty

Author: Neil LaBute

Narrator: Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski, Gia Crovatin

Unabridged: 2 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/30/2014

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

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.

Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production featuring Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski, Gia Crovatin, and Josh Stamberg.

Written and directed by Neil LaBute. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on July 13, 2020

I really didn't want to read a play by Neil LaBute. I knew of his play In the Company of Men, which I understand was intended to be a black comedy about two guys who are jerks, unhappy with their bad luck with women, who try to torment a deaf co-worker. Deliberate cruelty to someone who is disabled.......more

Goodreads review by Si on August 02, 2018

Neil LaBute character: "Umm... shit, man, I dunno / Fuck, all I'm trying to... uh... she's a bitch, okay?" New York Times: "LaBute raises the bar for all playwrights, thoughtfully probing the shadowiest corners of American masculinity."......more

Goodreads review by Taylor on December 18, 2017

Human cruelty is a specialty of Neil LaBute - He finds the cruelty in the smallest gesture or off-hand phrase and amplifies it. This common thread of his work fascinated me a few years ago and his play "The Shape of Things" is one of the first plays that made me fall in love with theatre. Unfortunat......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on December 24, 2018

This is by far my favorite play. Well, the most realistic play I’ve read. Maybe this is because he main characters are all so real and the things that they go through can happen to anyone. The person you love can hurt you. The person you love can cheat on you. The person you love can cheat on you. The......more

Goodreads review by Jonas on January 06, 2025

Leste på skolen. Først var jeg sånn «naah», det er ofte et red flag hvis dialogen er skrevet sånn sykt «naturlig» med masse pauser, halve setninger og masse banning. Men merket etter hvert at den var utrolig morsom og dialogen var godt skrevet med mye spillerom. Godt eksempel på god og naturlig bruk......more