Season 2, Episode 5: Behind every summer is a community that keeps Fire Island alive. This episode explores the history of the beloved Pines Pantry through the eyes of its iconic Pantry Girls, alongside the volunteer firefighters of The Pines and Cherry Grove who protect the island from fires, hurricanes, beach erosion, and an uncertain future.
Photos: Reasons To Be Pretty Opening
By: Walter McBride
MCC Theater presents the World Premiere of Neil LaBute's bristling new comic drama reasons to be pretty directed by Terry Kinney. The play marks Kinney's directorial return to the New York stage where he was last represented by Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning revival of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
The complete cast includes Piper Perabo (as Carly), Alison Pill (Steph), Thomas Sadoski (Greg) and Pablo Schreiber (Kent).reasons to be pretty marks the sixth collaboration between MCC Theater and LaBute, who is MCC's Resident Playwright. This new work puts a final, ferocious cap on a trilogy of plays that began with The Shape of Things and Fat Pig (which MCC also premiered). Performances of the four-character play begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) on May 14 and will continue through July 5, with an opening night set for Monday, June 2, 2008."America's obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in this brutal and exhilarating new play. In reasons to be pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhanded remarks about a female coworker's pretty face (and his girlfriend's lack thereof) get back to said girlfriend. But that's just the beginning. Greg's best buddy Kent, and Kent's wife Carly also enter into the picture and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated. As their relationship crumbles, their friends are pulled into the fray and all are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth?" describe press notes.Individual tickets are available through www.ticketcentral.com or by calling (212) 279-4200.For tickets and information visit www.MCCTheater.org.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Marquee at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Marquee at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Alison Pill,Thomas Sadoski, and Piper Perabo
Piper Perabo and Pablo Schreiber
Alison Pill,Thomas Sadoski,Piper Perabo and Pablo Schreiber
Alison Pill,Thomas Sadoski,Piper Perabo and Pablo Schreiber
Alison Pill,Thomas Sadoski,Piper Perabo and Pablo Schreiber
Alison Pill,Thomas Sadoski,Piper Perabo and Pablo Schreiber
Alison Pill and Bobby Cannvale
Alison Pill and Bobby Cannvale
Alison Pill and Bobby Cannvale
Alison Pill and Bobby Cannvale
Piper Perabo , Alison Pill,Pablo Schreiber, and Thomas Sadoski
Piper Perabo , Alison Pill,Pablo Schreiber, and Thomas Sadoski
Piper Perabo , Alison Pill,Pablo Schreiber, and Thomas Sadoski
Piper Perabo , Alison Pill,Pablo Schreiber, and Thomas Sadoski
Piper Perabo , Alison Pill,Pablo Schreiber, and Thomas Sadoski
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