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REASONS TO BE PRETTY Playwright LaBute To Make Rare NYC Appearances 5/9, 5/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 4, 2009


The best new Broadway play of the season* Reasons To Be Pretty will welcome its playwright Neil LaBute to New York City this weekend for an unprecedented series of rare public appearances. LaBute and director Terry Kinney will participate in an event at Borders in the Time Warner Center (10 Columbus Circle) this Saturday, 5/9 at 5:00 p.m.

Cynthia Nixon Joins 'Pink Campaign on Broadway' Benefit 5/4
by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2009


Star of stage and screen, Cynthia Nixon, has joined the cast of The Pink Campaign on Broadway - an inspirational Broadway benefit performance filling the stage with original music and theatre that explores the ways in which breast cancer touches people's lives. Other new additions to the evening include actors Will Rogers ('Gossip Girl,' From Up Here) and Charles Shaughnessy (Urinetown, 'The Nanny') and directors Michael Berresse ([title of show]) and Marc Bruni (White Christmas).

Butler, Dratch, Rubin-Vega and More Set for 'The Pink Campaign on Broadway' Benefit 5/4
by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2009


The Young Professionals Committee of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, New York City Affiliate will present The Pink Campaign on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd St). This one-night only event will take place on Monday, May 4, 2009 and will be an inspirational Broadway benefit performance filling the stage with original music and theatre that explores the ways in which breast cancer touches people's lives.

REASONS TO BE PRETTY Launches In-Theatre Texting Campaign
by Charlie Piane - Apr 29, 2009


Audiences at Neil LaBute's smash hit, reasons to be pretty, now have an unprecedented way to interact with the best new Broadway play of the season. Running counter to conventional wisdom, audiences are encouraged to turn ON their cell phones prior to the performance to participate in a social experiment by texting ?pretty' to a special phone number. They are then given the opportunity to rate themselves - and the person sitting next to them - on a scale of 1 to 10 (from Carrot Top to Angelina Jolie). Results from that performance's participants are texted back at intermission and are posted online. Check www.reasonstobepretty.com to find how last night's audience rated themselves... and each other.

Cynthia Nixon Joins 'Pink Campaign on Broadway' Benefit 5/4
by Eddie Varley - Apr 28, 2009


Star of stage and screen, Cynthia Nixon, has joined the cast of The Pink Campaign on Broadway - an inspirational Broadway benefit performance filling the stage with original music and theatre that explores the ways in which breast cancer touches people's lives. Other new additions to the evening include actors Will Rogers ('Gossip Girl,' From Up Here) and Charles Shaughnessy (Urinetown, 'The Nanny') and directors Michael Berresse ([title of show]) and Marc Bruni (White Christmas).

Butler, Dratch, Rubin-Vega and More Set for 'The Pink Campaign on Broadway' Benefit 5/4
by Charlie Piane - Apr 15, 2009


The Young Professionals Committee of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, New York City Affiliate will present The Pink Campaign on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd St). This one-night only event will take place on Monday, May 4, 2009 and will be an inspirational Broadway benefit performance filling the stage with original music and theatre that explores the ways in which breast cancer touches people's lives.

REASONS TO BE PRETTY Website Offers 50% Off Thru 4/12 & $26.50 Student Rush Tix
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 9, 2009


Neil LaBute made his long-awaited Broadway debut with the new American play, reasons to be pretty, under the direction of Terry Kinney last week, and it's a smash hit. But that doesn't mean that young audiences can't get in to see the hippest, hottest and sexiest show on Broadway.

REASONS TO BE PRETTY Reinstates 3/21 Matinee Performance
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 18, 2009


The producers of MCC Theater's reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute announced that the previously cancelled Saturday matinee performance (3/21) has been reinstated, and that early previews and rehearsals are continuing apace.

"reasons to be pretty" Cancels Three Matinee Performances
by Robert Diamond - Mar 16, 2009


The producers of MCC Theater?s reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute announced that three preview matinee performances have been cancelled, in order to accommodate a shift in television shooting schedules, and to allow for the usual rehearsal time during this period of early preview performances.

Neil Patrick Harris Takes Role in Rocky Horror Benefit 4/16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2007


'How I Met Your Mother' star Neil Patrick Harris has agreed to step in to the role of 'Narrator' in Acting for a Cure's benefit concert production of the cult musical classic The Rocky Horror Show, April 16th, 2007, at the American Airlines Theatre.

More Casting Announced for Rocky Horror Benefit, 4/16
by BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2007


More casting has been announced for Acting for a Cure's star-studded benefit concert production of the cult musical classic The Rocky Horror Show on April 16th, 2007 at the American Airlines Theatre

Cahoon, Arden, Reinders, Etc. Set for 'Rocky' Benefit
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2007


Acting for a Cure will present a star-studded benefit concert production of the cult musical classic The Rocky Horror Show on April 16th, 2007 at the American Airlines Theatre.

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