SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco

[Yankeefan007]

SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#1

Posted: 7/14/08 at 2:44pm

"The 20th Anniversary revival of David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow will begin performances on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) under the direction of Neil Pepe."

Jeremy Piven and Raul Esparza star.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=29928

[luvtheEmcee]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 2:50pm

And the press release still has misinformation.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Lil_little_edie942]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#2

Posted: 7/14/08 at 2:56pm

Care to elaborate?

[luvtheEmcee]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#3

Posted: 7/14/08 at 3:00pm

The play will star Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”, Fat Pig) as ambitious producer Charlie Fox and three-time Tony-nominee Raúl Esparza (The Homecoming, Company, Taboo) as film production exec Bobby Gould.

It's the other way around.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[BustopherPhantom]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#4

Posted: 7/14/08 at 4:09pm

OOOOOOOHI get it, luv. I thought you were saying "You idiots, Raul was in "Entourage"!

Never mind.

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

[luvtheEmcee]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#5

Posted: 7/14/08 at 4:18pm

You missed his episode, clearly.

Raul is playing Charlie. Jeremy Piven is playing Bobby.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 7/14/08 at 04:18 PM

[frogs_fan85]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#6

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:44pm

Although it would be more ironic if Raul was indeed playing Bobby.

[BobbyBubby]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#7

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:57pm

That would be more coincidental than ironic.

Sorry, the misuse of irony has long been a pet peeve.

Irony
1.
a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.
2.
a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" Richard Kain.
b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
3. Dramatic irony.
4. Socratic irony.

[frogs_fan85]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#8

Posted: 7/14/08 at 7:59pm

Using your definition we could call that "dramatic irony"

[BobbyBubby]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#9

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:03pm

How? Please explain...There is no contrast or incongruity in your statement. He'd be playing another Bobby...that's all.

[frogs_fan85]

re: SPEED THE PLOW Previews Oct. 3 at the Belasco#10

Posted: 7/14/08 at 8:14pm

I was making a really bad joke about the show being a drama. You are absolutely correct about my misuse of the word.