The Motherfucker with the Hat, Stephen Adly Guirgis
The Motherfucker with the Hat, Stephen Adly Guirgis
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The Motherfucker with the Hat

Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis

Narrator: Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Rodriguez

Unabridged: 1 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2013

Categories: Fiction, Drama


Synopsis

Addiction, pain, and explosive tempers are not exactly what you’d call the ingredients for a side-splitting comedy. Yet Steven Adly Guiguis has created a profane, hilarious masterpiece that earned a “hatful” of theatrical accolades in 2011, including a Drama Desk award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Bobby Cannavale. Stars the original Broadway cast: Chris Rock, Bobby Canavale, Annabella Sciorra, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yul Vazquez.

A 2011 Tony Award nominee for Best Play.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Chris Rock as Ralph D.
Bobby Cannavale as Jackie
Elizabeth Rodriguez as Veronica
Annabella Sciorra as Victoria
Yul Vázquez as Cousin Julio

Directed by Jace Alexander. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on October 13, 2023

3.5 rounded up This is a play that I listened to on Scribd. It's about love, friendship, loyalty, and addiction. The play was well acted, but I think a little was lost from not being able to see or know what movements/actions the actors were making. It has moments of humor and heartache. Each charact......more

Goodreads review by Richard on March 28, 2012

He writes about people I don't know, about a world I've never lived in. And yet when I finished this (I unfortunately didn't get to see what was apparently a wonderful NY production) I wanted to be the writer and all the characters in the play. I felt as I was reading this big fat gust of life blowi......more

Goodreads review by Allie on January 16, 2024

can you tell i'm dating an actor? lmao it was very refreshing to read a play and have that different story structure! it had really dynamic characters that felt very real......more

Goodreads review by Kat on February 05, 2018

I can understand and appreciate why this play generated the buzz and received the accolades that it did. However, it is not my cup of tea. I've never been a fan of stories where the whole point is that the characters behave badly and treat those around them like crap. Cousin Julio was the only chara......more

Goodreads review by belle on April 12, 2025

my professor was in a production of this as ralph. it was iconic.......more