Lucky Guy

Lucky Guy may refer to:

  • Lucky Guy (play), a 2013 Broadway play by Nora Ephron; her final work
  • Lucky Guy (musical), a 2011 Off Broadway musical comedy by Willard Beckham
  • "Lucky Guy" (song), a 1984 song by Ryan Simmons (Dieter Bohlen)
  • The Lucky Guy, a 1998 Hong Kong comedy film
  • Lucky Guy (play)

    Lucky Guy is a play by Nora Ephron that premiered in 2013, the year after her death. It was Ephron's final work and marked Tom Hanks's Broadway debut, in which he earned a Theatre World Award. It depicts the story of journalist Mike McAlary beginning in 1985 and ending with his death at the age of 41 in 1998. The plot covers the high points and tribulations of McAlary's career as he traverses the clubby atmosphere of the New York City tabloid industry in what some regard as its heyday. The play includes his near tragic automobile accident and devotes a large portion to his recovery.

    Originally conceived as a television film in 1999, the play spent years under revision before finally opening on Broadway in 2013. Regarded as an elegy, the story harkens back to the days of tabloid journalism prior to the 24-hour news reporting cycle. The production received six nominations for Tony Awards, winning two, including Courtney B. Vance for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. The play received considerable critical comment, partly because it was Ephron's last play and partly because of Hanks's debut. Critical reaction was generally warm to mixed, and the limited Broadway run was profitable.

    Lucky Guy (musical)

    Lucky Guy is a musical comedy written and directed by Willard Beckham. The piece tells the story of Billy Ray Jackson, a young musician from Oklahoma who wins a songwriting contest and is invited to Nashville to record his song. He becomes the target of the used-car dealer Big Al Wright and the fading star Miss Jeannie Jeannine (the "Queen of Country Music"), who want to steal Billy Ray's song and use it to revitalize Jeannie's career.

    The show premiered on May 19, 2011, Off-Broadway at the Little Shubert Theatre, for a planned run through July 24 but closed after just ten days. The cast included Kyle Dean Massey (as Billy Ray Jackson), Leslie Jordan (Big Al Smith), Varla Jean Merman (Miss Jeannie Jeannine), Jenn Colella (Chicky Lay), Jim Newman (G. C. Wright), and Savannah Wise (Wanda Clark).

    References

    External links

  • Official website
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Lucky Guy

    by: The Muffs

    You and I are in danger
    I don't stay in love that way
    And the love of a stranger
    Doesn't really make my day
    And you know
    You have a thousand things in front of you
    Doin' anything you like
    And takin' it easy
    Is all you ever need to do
    You've no ambition and only ever sit around
    I don't know why
    And you know it's true and you never wanted anything
    You're a lucky guy
    You're a lucky guy
    Oh oh oh, you're lucky
    There's a time, and a reason
    You could go a long, long way
    And for you it's so easy
    Yeah, and it's your lucky day
    (Repeat Chorus)
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    And you know
    You've no ambition . . .




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