Speed-the-Plow , Playhouse Theatre, London
Playhouse Theatre, London : David Mamet's 1988 play is an arresting but derivative satire on Hollywood's shallow values, but its staging now inadvertently provides its own commentary on the West End's own rush to the bottom. A play about a pair of opportunists desperate to get the green light for their film projects has itself been opportunistically revived mainly to provide a vehicle for Lindsay Lohan…