reasons to be pretty 2008

Run Time:
2 hours and 15 minutes with 1 intermission
Opened: June 2, 2008
Closing: July 05, 2008

reasons to be pretty - 2008 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher St (between Hudson & Bleeker Sts) New York, NY 10014

MCC Theater presents the world premiere of Neil LaBute's bristling new comic drama reasons to be pretty.



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.

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What productions of reasons to be pretty have there been?
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