The Lucky Spot, Beth Henley
The Lucky Spot, Beth Henley
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The Lucky Spot

Author: Beth Henley

Narrator: Jack Black, Jean Smart, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2006


Synopsis

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley spins one of her most colorful tales, as she follows a hilarious band of ne’er-do-wells trying to scratch dreams from the Louisiana mud.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jack Black, Brandon Maggart, Jim McLure, Laurel Moglen, Elizabeth Ruscio, Jean Smart and Kurtwood Smith.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Drew on September 18, 2016

Beth Henley's career did not begin and end with "Crimes of the Heart" as this sweetly funny dramedy around one Depression-era Christmas shows. A real charmer about Southern oddballs and ne'er-do-wells (well, what did you expect), Henley's holiday romance mixes and matches love partners without settl......more

Goodreads review by Heather on September 03, 2012

The Beth Henley script I've enjoyed most so far. Quirky characters & dialogue-driven plot. Underdogs helping in surprising ways.......more