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THE BEAUTY PLAYS |
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The Shape of Things, Fat Pig, & reasons
to be pretty |
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Performed by Dallas Theater Center |
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in the Wyly Studio
Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center |
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© March 2010 The Flash
List, Photos by Brandon
Thibodeaux |
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In
three works collectively known as The Beauty Plays,
controversial playwright Neil LaBute portrays with
astute accuracy (and only a minor sense of political
correctness) America’s obsession with physical
attractiveness. Using in-your-face dialogue,
laugh-out-loud humor, and a clever blend of literary and
pop culture references, LaBute is unapologetic and
refreshingly (but brutally) honest in his assessment of
love, beauty, and the unending maintenance of ongoing
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The Shape of Things |
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Tuesday, February 23 - Sunday, May 9, 2010 |
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Adam, an overweight college student who falls in
love with Evelyn, a sexy graduate art student.
But this is
not a cute little light-hearted romantic comedy.
It is
not
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Fat Pig |
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Friday, March 12 - Sunday, May 9, 2010 |
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Tom, a successful, in-shape professional, falls
into a romantic relationship with Helen a plus
size librarian. And while Helen is completely
content with her body,
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reasons to be pretty |
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Friday, April 2 - Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
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