The Ugly One @ the Soho Rep Theatre

The Soho Rep is renown for innovative forceful theatrical productions.  The theatre is small and you will feel more a participant than a spectator.  As the title "The Ugly One," suggests, the value placed on beauty is the driving force of the play.  Lette, the engineer responsible for designing products for his company is not selected to present  his own innovations because he is deemed too ugly to deal with the public.  This appears to be the first Lette was made aware of how repulsive looking he is viewed by others, including his wife who cannot look him directly in the face.  Although, she assures him he is a wonderful human being.  Shortly thereafter he agrees to undergo major facial surgery despite any assurance of improvement.  Miraculously, the surgery turns him into an Adonis and  he finds his new desirability very enticing; initially.  This dark comedy takes a close look at the superficiality placed on physical beauty.  If you're looking for a intimate theatrical production this play will surgically drive home our obsession with youth and beauty.