March 18 - April 4, 2020Foursome Productions presents
A Limited Engagement of
SPEED-THE-PLOW
By David Mamet
Directed by Peter Allas
Tickets ($30 - $65): http://speedtheplowsf.com/
[http://speedtheplowsf.com/]
Featuring Rick Pasqualone (Neil Simon’s Proposals on Broadway) as
“Bobby Gould"
Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil’s premiere Broadway show Paramour) as
“Karen” Jack Esformes (Barry Levinson's “Wag The Dog”) as
“Charlie Fox”
"Hilarious and chilling." - The New York Time
“Absolutely on target, demolishing the egomaniacs who decide what
reaches the silver screen.” - Associated Press
The original Broadway production of SPEED-THE-PLOW starred Joe
Mantegna, Ron Silver, and Madonna in this hilarious satire of
Hollywood, a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect.
Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client.
Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed
Head of Production at a major studio, both see the work as their
ticket to the Big Time. The star wants to do it; as they prepare their
pitch to the studio boss, Bobby wagers Charlie that he can seduce the
temp/secretary, Karen. As a ruse, he gives her a novel by “some
Eastern sissy” writer that needs a courtesy read before being
dismissed out of hand. Karen slyly determines the novel, not the
movie-star script, should be the company’s next film. She sleeps
with Bobby, who is so smitten with Karen and her ideals that he pleads
with Charlie to drop the star project and pitch the “Eastern
sissy” writer’s book.
SPEED-THE-PLOW runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with 2
intermissions.
THE GATEWAY THEATRE
215 Jackson St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Pictured: (L - R) Rick Pasqualone (Neil Simon’s Proposals on
Broadway) as “Bobby Gould," Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil’s
premiere Broadway show Paramour) as “Karen” and Jack Esformes
(Barry Levinson's “Wag The Dog”) as “Charlie Fox." Photo by
Victoria Kait, Circumpunct Studio.
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