Lucky Guy

Synopsis

LUCKY GUY marks a return to Nora Ephron's journalistic roots.

The charismatic and controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary covered the scandal- and graffiti-ridden New York of the 1980s.

From his sensational reporting of New York's major police corruption to the libel suit that nearly ended his career, the play dramatizes the story of McAlary's meteoric rise, fall and rise again, ending with his coverage of the Abner Louima case for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, shortly before his untimely death on Christmas Day, 1998.

Themes

• Cancer--Patients
• Cancer--Patients--Drama
• Death--Psychological aspects
• Death--Psychological aspects--Drama
• History
• Journalism
• Journalism--Drama
• Journalism--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• Journalists
• Journalists--Drama
• Journalists--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• McAlary, Mike
• PS3555.P5 L83 2014
• Tabloid newspapers
• Tabloid newspapers--Drama
• Terminally ill
• Terminally ill--Drama