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Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Euripides to Kafka to Mamet, we've championed writers who reach into the guts of human existence and throw up the digestive muck for our entertainment and enlightenment. Only the modern equivalents do it just for sport. And to make you feel bad about the human race.
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IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
NOBLESVILLE -- A Noblesville man producing an independent motion picture here expects that the city's beauty, charm and hospitality, as well as its affordability, will attract more movie producers in the future.
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The Eagle (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Tommy Sadoski is headed to Broadway. The 1996 A&M Consolidated High School graduate and his fellow castmates in Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty ...
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
STEVEN Mackintosh and David Morrissey will star in the European premiere of Neil LaBute’s three hander, In a Dark Dark House , which runs at the Almeida Theatre from November 27, 2008 (previews from November 20) to January 17, 2009.
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
David Morrissey (pictured) and Steven Mackintosh will both make rare stage appearances to play brothers in the European premiere of Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House which runs from 27 November 2008 from 17 January 2009 (previews from 20 Novem...
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Fabrice Grinda: Musings of an Entrepreneur (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Having enjoyed Fat Pig and The Shape of Things so much, I had high expectations for Reasons to be Pretty. Unfortunately, the play did not live up to my expectations. The characters and setting did not resonate with me. The dialogue is simplistic and crass, reflecting the blue collar setting. I missed the wit from [...]
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Fabrice Grinda: Musings of an Entrepreneur (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
I went to a reading of The Shape of Things by Neil Labute last night. The Shape of Things is Neil’s first play in his trilogy on beauty. I already loved Fat Pig and had high expectations. I was not disappointed. It was fantastic – amoral, irreverent and tons of fun! In fact, I liked [...]
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Material Interest (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Ex-Phantom Planet drummer (and actor) Jason Schwartzman is among the latest to join in KCRW's Guest DJ series. As you'd guess, his selections are terrific, running the gamut from Paul McCartney deep cuts ("Ram On") to Harry Nilsson's "Me and...
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News & Information (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Neil LaBute’s “Reasons to be Pretty” will move to Broadway in 2009. The play, about a man whose girlfriend leaves him after she finds out he called her ugly, has been running at the Lucille Lortel Theatre……Read more
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Stereogum (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW has a program where "guests sit down with KCRW DJs and share the music that has inspired them." This includes sets and reminiscences from Neil LaBute, John Cusack, Jason Schwartzman, Padma Lakshmi, and Danny DeVito, among others. Biggest shocker: DeVito lost his virginity at a Lightning Bolt show. Just kidding. What's not a shocker is that one of the other...
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Neil LaBute will make his long overdue Broadway debut with Reasons to Be Pretty , a play starring the glorious Alison Pill , Piper Perabo, Thomas Sadoski and Pablo Schreiber. All the actors, currently performing at the Off Broadway Lucille Lortel Theater, will return for the move to the Rialto next year, with performances slated to begin on Feb. 13, 2009 according to Variety . Story centers on a man...
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The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Doctor Who K9 spin-off to start filming
soon. Honest Film Spike Lee to direct Time Traveler JJ Abrams to produce Mystery based on NY Times article Universal to adapt The Last Call graphic novel Theatre/Theater Neil LaBute's Reasons To Be Pretty to move to Broadway Dickens Unplugged to close after less than a month in West End Jai Rodriguez to play Desi Arnaz in Dance With Me British TV Japanese silent...