Tom Hanks is in Lucky Guy - Luckily for the Play

Nora Ephron's new play Lucky Guy, is being performed on B'wy posthumously.  Ephron, sadly passed away last year.  She is highly regarded as an eminently talented author, movie director and playwright with 3 Acad. Award noms. for scriptwriting.  She began her writing career as a newspaper reporter.  I find it ironic that Ephron, whom I dub "queen of the chick flick genre," returned to her roots by writing a play about factual NYC newspaper reporters during the '80's & 90's .  The lead character, played with Tony winning charm by 2 time Acad. Award winning actor, Tom Hanks, portrays the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter (Mike McAlary.)  Newsrooms at that time were predominately a male macho dominated vocation.  The talented ensemble cast of veteran actors includes:  Courtney Vance (Hap Hairston,) Peter Gerety (John Cotter,) both editors, reporters & co-workers of McAlary along with the Emmy-nom. actress, Maura Tierney (Alice McAlary.)  Ephron's structure for the play evokes a deceptively simple frame work surrounding the too good to be true, all I want to do, is be a reporter, shucks, guy (McAlary.)  Well...until fame, fortune & an overblown ego take over.  Still, notorious, clandestine stories of the day were unmasked by ace reporters such as McAlary, who are now a dying breed (along with newsprint.)  "You're born, you die & everything in between is a story."  This story benefitted from the winning cast that put the play on page 6 rather than buried on page 17.  I enjoyed the play but recommend instead, the doc. film "Koch," for an indepth look into NYC and its disturbing & divisive issues at that time.  A "Kotcha" headline was referred to in the play, as was "Mike's malarky."  Perhaps, Melinda's malarky has become a relevant source.