On Monday night I saw “Speed-the-Plow” at the Old Vic. OMG, is “speed” the key word! Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum go about a mile a minute in the story of Hollywood film producers. Spacey, especially, is literally a human dynamo and gives one of the best performances I’ve seen on stage. Talk about being born to play a role, he IS Charlie Fox.. And as always, he is so gracious at the stage door, standing patiently to do autographs and photos.
Alas, the same cannot be said for Mr. Goldblum. He bailed on the autograph line after only about 5 people. I was bummed as I had been looking forward to letting him know I’d been a fan of his all the way back from Tenspeed and Brownshoe (anyone else remember this show?) to Speed-the-Plow. He is fantastic in the show, however, and Laura Michelle Kelly (aka The Beggar Woman from Sweeney Todd film) does the best she can in the underwritten, underdeveloped role of the secretary. The final act with Spacey and Goldblum’s clash of the titans is worth the price of admission alone! If you can, Go!
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