Lobby Hero

by Kenneth Lonergan Narrated by Tate Donovan, Michael Weston, Full Cast

Overview

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan has made a career of creating characters whose considerable flaws often get in the way of their good intentions. In Lobby Hero, two menial security guards are embroiled in an unexpected family fiasco... and the local beat police are divided by their own romantic and political allegiances.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Tate Donovan as Bill
Cedric Sanders as William
Emily Swallow as Dawn
Michael Weston as Jeff

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

NY Magazine

Soon after making the year's best movie, , Kenneth Lonergan delights us with his irrepressible LOBBY HERO, confirming him as a comic wizard.

Time Out

A masterpiece. The best drama, the best comedy and the best romance of the year, all rolled into one.

From the Publisher

Praise for Lobby Hero :

“The combined wit and non-wisdom of these fallible (i.e. human) beings offers a fascinating reflection on those shaky internal compasses we call moral instincts . . . Mr. Lonergan, you see, doesn’t work in bold blacks and whites, but in compelling shades of gray . . . Like morality, identity is relative in Lobby Hero. Few playwrights match Mr. Lonergan in making confident art out of such constantly shifting uncertainty.” —Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Richly entertaining work from one of the most important American writers working today.” —Elysa Gardner, USA Today

“This big-hearted four-person masterpiece actually eclipses the high expectations set by [Lonergan’s] deservedly lauded previous plays and his Oscar-nominated You Can Count on Me.” —Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York

“[ Lobby Hero ] is a smart, funny . . . drama that derives its strength from Lonergan’s keen ear for dialogue. One powerful tale.” —Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News

“ Lobby Hero is tender but unsentimental, amiable yet never cute, psychologically generous but lean and disciplined . . . [A]n unexpected morality play that never hits anyone over the head with truths about truths.” —Linda Winer, Newsday

“[Lonergan] artfully intertwines private and public issues. . . . [He] has the lightest of touches and writes with deft humour.” —Michael Billington, Guardian

“Mr. Lonergan presents his most ambitious study to date in the damage caused by impure motives. . . . Mr. Lonergan’s dialogue achieves wit through acute observation. . . . fine and original.” — New York Times

“Outstanding new play . . . Delightfully funny and touching.” — Daily Telegraph

“Fascinating comedy.” — Evening Standard

“Superb . . . Brilliant . . . Blissful comic writing.” — Daily Mail

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172056406
Publisher:	L.A. Theatre Works
Publication date:	12/15/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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