Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook2 hours
Lobby Hero
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Narrated by Tate Donovan, Michael Weston and Full Cast
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
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.
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.
Author
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan is an American film director, playwright and screenwriter. His plays include The Starry Messenger, Lobby Hero, This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery, and he wrote and directed the films You Can Count On Me, Margaret and Manchester by the Sea, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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Reviews for Lobby Hero
Rating: 4.571428547619048 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
42 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A well written and well performed play dealing with social perceptions and the struggle to maintains ones civility in the face of grave injustices.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I enjoyed this story. After I listened to it I wish I would've seen the version with Chris Evans since he was in it on Broadway not that long ago. This story sheds light on different issues which intrigues the listener.