Neil LaBute's Fat Pig Extends Through February 5
Fat Pig centers on a man, Tom Piven, who is dating an overweight woman Atkinson. The play traces the courtship of two people who truly care for one another set against a world that ridicules and ostracizes those who do not fit into a Hollywood realm of ideal beauty. Andrew McCarthy and Keri Russell play Tom's shallow friends, who don't understand his choice in dates.
Fat Pig, directed by Jo Bonney, opened to mixed to positive reviews on December 15. In his Broadway.com Review of the piece, Edward Karam wrote: "LaBute raises honest, difficult questions about human nature: Is it possible to live without allowing peer pressure to influence one's choices or behavior? How important are looks compared to decency? What compromises should one make in a relationship? The play ultimately relies more on its fine actors to make us care about the answers than on clarity in its arguments."