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neil labute couples comedy contemporary relationship cheating infidelity betrayal tony nominee Synopsis When Greg makes a seemingly harmless comment about his girlfriend Steph’s “regular” looking face, the information gets back to Steph and sends their relationship over the deep end.
Reasons to Be Pretty (stylized in all-lowercase) is a play by Neil LaBute, his first to be staged on Broadway. The plot centers on four young working class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other.
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In Scene One, Steph is very angry because her boyfriend Greg supposedly said something derogatory about her physical appearance. After a heated argument, Greg explains he and his friend Kent had a conversation in Kent's garage. Kent had mentioned that the newly hired woman at their workplace was "hot." According to Greg, he replied: "Maybe Steph ha...
Greg hangs out with Kent, recounting his fight with Stephanie. During their conversation, Kent chastises him about eating an energy bar directly after a meal, claiming that Greg will get fat. Kent goes into the bathroom. Kent's wife Carly arrives. Carly is in law enforcement. She is the one who gossiped to Steph about Greg's conversation, regarding...
Steph meets Greg in neutral territory: a restaurant at lunchtime. He has brought her flowers, but she remains intent on moving out and ending their four-year relationship. She wants to be with someone who sees her as beautiful. After unleashing more of her anger and rebuking Greg's attempts at reconciliation, Steph demands the keys so she can remov...
Kent and Carly sit together, complaining about work and money. Carly criticizes her husband's lack of maturity. Just as they start to makeup, Greg arrives to hang out and read a book. Carly leaves, annoyed because she blames Greg for making Steph move away. Kent reluctantly confides in Greg, admitting that he is having an affair with the "hot girl"...
Nov 18, 2011 · Reasons to be Pretty – review. Almeida, London. Michael Billington. Thu 17 Nov 2011 19.32 EST. N eil LaBute is haunted by the American obsession with physical beauty. The Shape of...
Jun 3, 2008 · By Ben Brantley. June 3, 2008. A firestorm of abuse and invective, hot enough to scald the hide off a thick-skinned man, blasts through the opening minutes of “Reasons to Be Pretty,” the...
Jun 6, 2009 · ‘reasons to be pretty,’ by Neil LaBute - The New York Times. Play Excerpt. ‘reasons to be pretty’. Share full article. By Neil Labute. June 6, 2009. A moment with STEPH....
OVERVIEW. In Reasons to Be Pretty, Playwright Neil LaBute takes on our ongoing fixation with beauty and one man’s inability to say the right thing—ever. When Greg makes an innocuous, off-handed remark about his girlfriend Steph, it triggers a battle by which their relationship will forever be defined.
