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Reasons to be Pretty Adds Monday Performances to Broadway Schedule

NEWS April 9, 2009 | 11:23AM

Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Pretty will add Monday night performances to its current schedule beginning on April 27.

The show’s new schedule will now play as follows: Monday at 8pm, Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 2pm and 8pm, no performances Thursdays and a standard weekend schedule. Reasons to be Pretty is now running at the Lyceum Theatre ...

Broadway.com Opening Night Special: Reasons to be Pretty

FEATURES April 3, 2009 | 6:49PM

Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty is a thought-provoking comedy about beauty in today's society featuring a cast of four hot young stars. There was plenty of pretty going around at the opening night party on April 2. Take a look for yourself!

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Live from the red carpet and at the after-party with the celebs in ... Read More...

Reasons to be Pretty Cancels Three Previews

NEWS March 16, 2009 | 11:29AM

The producers of MCC Theater’s Broadway transfer of Reasons to be Pretty by playwright Neil LaBute have announced the cancellation of three matinee preview performances due to scheduling conflicts. The show’s March 15 matinee was canceled, as are upcoming afternoon performances on March 18 and March 21. Reasons to be Pretty, directed by Terry Kinney, is currently in ...

Tickets Now On Sale for Reasons to Be Pretty

NEWS February 20, 2009 | 11:55AM

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway production of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty. Directed by Terry Kinney and starring Marin Ireland, Steven Pasquale, Piper Perabo and Thomas Sadoski, performances begin at the Lyceum Theatre on March 13. Opening night is set for April 2.

The third play in LaBute’s trilogy of works on the country ... Read More...

New Stars Onboard for B'way Transfer of LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty

NEWS January 15, 2009 | 12:00AM

Marin Ireland and Steven Pasquale will join original off-Broadway cast members Piper Perabo and Thomas Sadoski in the upcoming Broadway transfer of Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Pretty. The play, which debuted to critical acclaim last spring, is scheduled to begin previews at the Lyceum Theater on March 13, with opening night set for April 2. Original helmer Terry ...

Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty Books Lyceum Theatre

NEWS December 10, 2008 | 5:45PM

The previously announced Broadway transfer of Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty has booked the Lyceum Theatre. The play, which had a successful run at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre last May in a production presented by MCC Theater, will begin previews on March 12 and open on April 2, 2009, directed by Terry Kinney. The Lyceum became available ... Read More...

Piper Perabo

FRESH FACE June 19, 2008 | 12:18PM

Age: 31

Hometown: Toms River, New Jersey, a small town in a state Perabo proudly defends. "People are such haters!" she bemoans. "Bruce Springsteen just made it into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. His [acceptance] speech was so beautiful! You should totally read it."

Currently: Making her off-Broadway debut as more than a pretty face in MCC Theater's ...

Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty Will Get Broadway Transfer

NEWS June 18, 2008 | 10:38AM

Prolific playwright Neil LaBute will get his Broadway debut next winter when Reasons to be Pretty transfers to the Great White Way. Performances will begin on February 13, 2009, at a theater to be announced, produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Steve Traxler, the team behind August: Osage County.

Reasons to be Pretty is running off-Broadway through July 5 ...

Pill, Perabo, Schreiber & Sadoski Set for Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty

NEWS March 6, 2008 | 10:48AM

Alison Pill, Piper Perabo, Pablo Schreiber and Thomas Sadoski will star in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty at MCC Theater. Performances begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on May 14, with opening night on June 2. The limited off-Broadway engagement will continue through July 5, directed by Terry Kinney.

In Reasons to be Pretty ...

Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty On Tap at MCC Theater

NEWS November 19, 2007 | 10:28AM

MCC Theater will close its 2007-2008 season with the world premiere of Neil LaBute's comic drama Reasons to Be Pretty. Performances of the four-character play will begin on May 14, 2008, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and continue through July 5. No casting or creative team members have been announced.

America's obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong ...