Reasons to be Pretty

    • Written by Neil LaBute
    • Directed by Terry Kinney (Broadway and Off-Broadway Productions)
    • Part of a trilogy of plays by LaBute which focuses on physical appearance
    • Premiered at the Lucillee Lortel Theater
    • Premiere date: May 14, 2008
    • Broadway premiere on March 6, 2009
    • Broadway Theatre venue: Lyceum Theatre
    • Genre: Comic drama
  • Reasons to be pretty is a play by writer and director Neil LaBute. The play is the third chapter along with Shape of Things and Fat Pig, in a trilogy of plays by LaBute which focuses on people's obsession with physical appearance.

    The film was nominated for a Best Play Tony Award on May 5, 2009.Tony Awards: Nominations

  • Off-Broadway Cast

  • Synopsis

    Greg makes the mistake of making an off-handed remark about a co-worker's pretty face in comparison to his girlfriend. The unflattering comparasion gets back to his girlfriend and wreck havoc on close group of friends. When Greg's best friend named Kent and his wife Carly get involved, things get dramatically more complex. When Greg's relationship with his girlfriend reaches the point of no return their friends are pulled into the argument, which brings about a variety of problems and when secrets and opinions are revealed the consequences are unrepairable.

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