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McAlary recovers from the accident and writes two defining stories of his career: the Jane Doe rape case, during which he is sued for libel after his column questions the truthfulness of the victim, and the Abner Louima story, for which he wins the
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newsroom to another as he achieves career success, covering such stories as the tainted
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after hearing about the play. He noted that McAlary represented a lot of things to a lot of people, but as the first openly gay columnist, Rotello viewed McAlary unfavorably. According to
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on March 1, 2013, without an out-of-town tryout. During previews, the play grossed an unusually high (for a non-musical) $ 1 million per week and by the time the play debuted it had stockpiled $ 10 million in advance ticket sales. The play debuted on
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critic Jesse Green similarly commented: "With an insider's devastating combination of repulsion and affection, Nora Ephron has written a most unlikely thing: a play about journalism, or really about telling stories, that is as rich and rough and elegiac and fun as the lost world it re-creates."
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called the play "a profane love letter to the lost, rollicking world of New York tabloid journalism. It is also a tribute to its real-life fallen son, the brash reporter Mike McAlary." The portrayal of McAlary's relationship with his wife, however, lacked vibrance, and that the play does not
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is both an elegy and a valentine to a vanishing world held dear in the collective imagination of New
Yorkers, that of the rough-and-tumble of big-city newsrooms and scoop-hungry reporters." Brantley also noted that the play was scripted "with a true fan’s glee and avidity".
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and his mouthpiece, John Miller. His career was built on high-level access rather than using street sources and fact-corroboration. He became prominent in the public eye in Spring 1994 when a black lesbian reported that she had been raped in broad daylight in
Brooklyn's
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started at $ 87 and went up to $ 152, the production was able to take advantage of the
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demonstrate McAlary's skill at leveraging his sources. Soloski also stated that the casting of the 56-year-old Hanks to depict the character from age 28 to age 41 was unusual, but other critics stated that Hanks "looks the part".
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986:Theatre World Award
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648:a "mediocre show".
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2724:I Remember Nothing
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2048:"Lucky Guy (2013)"
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