Lester Bangs subject of new play "How To Be A Rock Critic"
05 June 2014, 20:59
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Luke Morgan Britton
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The life of seminal music journalist Lester Bangs is set to be turned into a new play, premiering in California later this month.
How To Be A Rock Critic will be staged at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City from 17-28 June. Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen (best known for The Exonerated), the one-man play “utilizes Lester’s own writing to chart the life, work and death of one of the 20th century’s most ground-breaking, pioneering voices”.
Find out more info here, with a clip of Philip Seymour Hoffman portraying Bangs in Almost Famous beneath:
[via Pitchfork]
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