The quirky musical at the La Jolla Playhouse about contestants trying to win a pickup could use a tuneup, but its folksy, low-key approach is seductive."Hands on a Hardbody," the new musical based on the 1997 S.R. Bindler's documentary film about a nutty endurance contest at a Texas auto dealership, pulls off something most pundits would have considered impossible today: This is a Red State musical that Blue State au…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00AM on May 15, 2012