Lindsay Lohan made her much-anticipated stage debut in a London revival of David Mamet’s 1988 play, “Speed-the-Plow,” on Thursday night (October 2). So, how did she do?
Although those early reviews from last week sounded anything but promising, her performance as Karen on opening night drew a much more positive consensus from the critics, even if they couldn’t say the same about the Lindsay Posner-directed Playhouse Theatre Production as a whole. Here’s what they had to say.
I know who slayed me.
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“Lindsay Lohan gives a perfectly creditable performance in this revival of David Mamet’s acerbic, anti-Hollywood satire. Whatever her colourful past, Lohan brings on stage a quality of breathless naivety that is far and away the most interesting thing in Lindsay Posner’s otherwise tame, under-powered revival.” — Michael Billington, The Guardian
(It was Lindsay.)
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“She has real presence as a gauche, husky-voiced operator who keeps you guessing as to how far she goes around using her idealistic naivete and wide-eyed questions (“Does it have to be like this?”) as a stalking horse for naked ambition.” — Paul Taylor, The Independent
Though her performance could’ve been stronger…
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“Lindsay Lohan, that notably notorious American actress and the most gossiped-about celebrity invitee to London’s theatreland in ages, made her stage debut with a surprising — and smouldering — degree of style… Yes, her flat delivery needs more work, but so does the rest of the show.” — Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
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