Lester Bangs subject of new play "How To Be A Rock Critic"

​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]