Sep 18th, 2008 · "What could be safer than living next to a cop?" Almost anything, if the cop is Samuel L. Jackson's Abel Turner. The latest from Neil (Nurse Betty) LaBute has a weird, anxious edge — which helps make up for its plot.
Oct 12th, 2006 · Playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute has earned a reputation for writing characters who are selfish, mean, misanthropic and misogynistic. His films include In the Company of Men and Your Friends & Neighbors. His plays include "The Mercy Seat", "Some Girls" and "Fat Pig". The New Yorker's John Lahr says his plays are "complex and unnerving," and that "there's no playwright on the planet who is writing better." "Wrecks" is LaBute's new one-man play starring Ed Harris. It opened last night at the Public Theatre in New York.
Sep 19th, 2006 · Actor Ed Harris plays Ludwig van Beethoven in the new film Copying Beethoven, and he's also starring in the new play Wrecks, written and directed by Neil LaBute. The play is set to begin previews at New York's Public Theater on September 26 and open on Oct. 10.
Jan 19th, 2006 · Playwright Neil Labute talks about his most recent work, Fat Pig, which explores how society treats a romance between a young single man and his overweight girlfriend. The Studio Theater in Washington, D.C., is showcasing the play along with a few of his other works.
Dec 15th, 2004 · The latest work from the author of In the Company of Men premieres at New York's Lucille Lortel Theater. Neil LaBute's Fat Pig tells the story of a weight-challenged woman and a gutless executive who fall in love. Andrea Shea reports.