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The Lucky Spot
Written by Beth Henley
Narrated by Jack Black, Jean Smart and Full Cast
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley spins one of her most colorful tales, as she follows a hilarious band of ne’er-do-wells trying to scratch dreams from the Louisiana mud.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jack Black, Brandon Maggart, Jim McLure, Laurel Moglen, Elizabeth Ruscio, Jean Smart and Kurtwood Smith.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jack Black, Brandon Maggart, Jim McLure, Laurel Moglen, Elizabeth Ruscio, Jean Smart and Kurtwood Smith.
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Reviews for The Lucky Spot
Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved the full cast. It was very much like listening to a play. The two main characters played by Jean Smart and Jim McLure were excellent. Jean Smart's performance was especially moving.