Lucky Guy - 2013 Broadway History , Info & More
Broadhurst Theatre (Broadway)
235 W. 44th St. New York, NY
Tom Hanks makes his Broadway debut in LUCKY GUY by Nora Ephron.
Nora Ephron's LUCKY GUY marks a return to her journalistic roots in a new play about the scandal- and graffiti-ridden New York of the 1980s, as told through the story of the charismatic and controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.
From his sensational reporting of New York's major police corruption to the libel suit that nearly ended his career, the play dramatizes the story of McAlary's meteoric rise, fall and rise again, ending with his coverage of the Abner Louima case for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, shortly before his untimely death on Christmas Day, 1998.
Lucky Guy - 2013 - Broadway Cast
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Review: Tom Hanks shines in messy 'Lucky Guy'
6 / 10
Nora Ephron's last play is about the world of New York tabloids, and it's a lot like the messy subject she looks at - overindulgent, overstuffed and raucous. That's its charm as well as its undoing...Hanks, making his Broadway debut, is classic Hanks - lovable, touching and funny...After 16 scenes over two hours, McAlary emerges as a complex figure, both self-aggrandizing and yet also someone who genuinely seems to want to 'right wrongs'...Ephron seems to be bewitched by this lovable scamp. But the play leaves little lasting impression, like a day-old tabloid.
Old-School Newsman, After Deadline
7 / 10
'Lucky Guy' is not so much a fully developed play or even a persuasive character study as a boisterous swapping of fond anecdotes about the end of a life and the end of an era...Not that 'Lucky Guy' is a crepe hanger. On the contrary, staged with the full bells-and-whistles treatment for which Mr. Wolfe is celebrated...Unlike some of the movies Ephron wrote and directed, and many of her peerlessly sharp essays, 'Lucky Guy' often feels only newsprint deep. But as a love song to a fast-disappearing, two-fisted brand of journalism - a field in which she began her long and varied career - it has the heart and energy of the perpetually engaged, insatiably curious observer that Ephron never ceased to be.
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Lucky Guy - 2013 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Courtney B. Vance |
| 2013 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | 0 |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | 0 |
| 2013 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | George C. Wolfe |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Peggy Eisenhauer |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jules Fisher |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Courtney B. Vance |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Tom Hanks |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Nora Ephron |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Sonia Friedman Productions |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott and Brian Zeilinger |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Sonia Friedman Productions |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott and Brian Zeilinger |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | James D. Stern/Douglas L. Meyer |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | William Berlind |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Frederick Zollo |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Daryl Roth |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | David Mirvish |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Robert Cole |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Stacey Mindich |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roger Berlind |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Arielle Tepper Madover |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roy Furman |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Colin Callender |
| 2013 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | David Rockwell |
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