The Ugly Path to Adulthood Apr 17, 2009 6 min read Music & Performing ArtsBroadwayMarin IrelandNeil LaButePiper Peraboreasons to be prettySteven PasqualeTerry KinneyThe Shape of ThingsThomas Sadoski Playwright Neil LaBute has always been a master of malice. His plays, filled with the grand intricacies of name-calling and the subtlety of allusive pricks to the heart, are studies on the subterraneous