Theater review: A lot to love about 'Fat Pig' Nov 8, 2009
Love is a many-splintered and slippery slope in Neil LaBute's harshly named "Fat Pig" at the Aurora Theatre. Dark takes on the ways the sexes treat each other are only to be expected from the author of "In the Company of Men," "Your Friends and Neighbors" and "The Shape of Things." But in "Fat Pig," LaBute explodes good and bad intentions and peels away layers of shallowness to comic, poignant and mesmerizing effect. (San Francisco Chronicle)
‘Brief Interviews With Hideous Men’ ranges from soaring scenes to screen tests Nov 6, 2009
But treating this material as though it were Shakespeare, or David Mamet or Neil LaBute for that matter, drives a wedge between us and Wallace s cultural point. Now we re just watching a college production of Carnal Knowledge. (Boston Globe)
Evil times three Oct 2, 2009
Neil LaBute s trio of one-act plays explores the dark hearts of ordinary people as they go about their day-to-day lives. Medea Redux deals with a woman s teenage relationship with her English teacher. (Boston Globe)
Mark your calendar Sep 24, 2009
Theatre on Fire s Bash: Latter-Day Plays by Neil LaBute opens at Charlestown Working Theater. OCTOBER 3 | Lincoln Legacy Town Hall at Northeastern University. (Boston Globe)
Arena shows allow Cirque du Soleil to stretch out Aug 21, 2009
The CWT season also includes a joint production with Theatre on Fire of Neil LaBute s coruscating Bash, a trio of short plays depicting the savage secrets of three ordinary people. Performances are Oct. 2-3, 8-10, and 15-17. (Boston Globe)
Stephens College announces 2009-2010 performing arts season schedule Aug 5, 2009
The Information you need. Tuesday, August 04, 2009. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Top 10 Best Micro-budget Independen... Aug 2, 2009
In building the character, writer/director Neil LaBute created the ultimate misogynist, a verbally abusive uber-male monster. Chad cuts deep into anything and anyone, at times spitting such words of wisdom as "never trust anything that can bleed for a week and not die.". (Suite101.com)
The First Ever Theater Blogger Awards Were Given to Top Shows on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway May 30, 2009
Written by Neil Labute, Directed by Terry Kinney Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost, and Scott M. Delman. BEST BROADWAY MUSICAL Billy Elliot. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
'2009 MTV Movie Awards' Honors Ben Stiller With 'MTV Generation Award' May 23, 2009
That same year, he also appeared in Your Friends and Neighbors written and directed by Neil LaBute. Stiller earned an Emmy Award for his writing on the critically acclaimed television series The Ben Stiller Show, which lasted all of 12 episodes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Y luminaries May 21, 2009
He rose to acting prominence in the late 1990s through his work with writer/director and fellow BYU grad Neil LaBute in a series of well-received independent films. Despite frequent battles with faculty members over the content of the plays he and LaBute would perform during their time on campus, Eckhart remembers his time at BYU fondly. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Playwrights' Honors Stolen By Producers May 20, 2009
Somewhere in that clump will be one Neil LaBute, who, as it happens, is the playwright. After a few of the money people have made their speeches, LaBute will have the spotlight to himself -- for about 20 seconds, at which time, if he's still speaking, the orchestra will cut him off. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Busy Spring Means Crowded Tony Nomination Field May 5, 2009
Among the other likely best-play candidates are "reasons to be pretty" by Neil LaBute, Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate" and maybe even Richard Greenberg's "The American Plan," which played off-Broadway in 1990. Copyright 2009 by. (KIRO TV, WA)
Not So Free Love Apr 6, 2009
With Reasons to Be Pretty (at the Lyceum, under the direction of Terry Kinney), Neil LaBute, now forty-six years old and a playwright and filmmaker of note, is making his Broadway d. but as the Neil Simon of hate. (New Yorker)
Scenes from the American uncivil war Apr 3, 2009
Neil LaBute is a merciless chronicler of US society, writes Bryce Hallett. Neil LaBute a voice for rage ... Neil LaBute has been called an accomplished "artist of misanthropy" with a happy knack for uncovering the feral snarl beneath the American smile. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Many Reasons To Be Wary Apr 3, 2009
NEIL LaBute is often referred to as the bad boy of Ameri can theater, a fear less explorer of man's dark side. Please. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Paul Rudd, no longer a sidekick, stars in a 'bromance' Mar 16, 2009
The playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute, who met Rudd when they were students at the University of Kansas also pointed to Rudd's "fearlessness.". "He really connects well with an audience people want to like him," LaBute said. (International Herald Tribune)
News from "Idol" star Megan Corkrey's uncle, and other e-mails... Feb 25, 2009
Tom Bergeron is not a dancing fool, just a "Dancing" foolA shot from "American Idol' standout Megan Corkrey's family Web siteSupposedly this is Gretchen and Jay. Not that it means much, since Gretchen flirted with everyoneDan Brown knows what time his next book is coming out, even if we don'tTime to open the mailbox. I get some interesting e-missives. Not always, but sometimes. I'm sure you do too. (Porn spam doesn't count.) Lately mine have been a little more interesting than usual for a... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
