The Real Thing November 12, 2008

Winner of a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Play and again in 2000 for Best Revival, The Real Thing is a modern classic: a witty comedy about marriage and writing, emotional fidelity and intellectual integrity, high art and pop culture. Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he's hopelessly naive when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing about betrayal is one thing, living with it is another. After Henry leaves his wife for another woman, he's confronted with being the cuckold himself. Both dazzlingly clever and emotionally naked, Henry's search for "the real thing" in art and love demonstrates beautifully why both are worth the effort in the end. All performances are recorded to air on LATW's nationally-syndicated radio theater series, The Play's The Thing, which broadcasts weekly on public and satellite radio.
L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series, "The Play's the Thing," airs locally every Saturday night from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and is streamed on the KPCC website (www.kpcc.org) for one week following each broadcast. The series can also be heard on public radio stations throughout the country, and on XM Satellite Radio. The L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is available in bookstores, libraries, through their catalog, digitally on audible.com, itunes.com, and on the L.A. Theatre Works website at www.latw.org.

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