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Speed-The-Plow
July 2,
2011 - The play is pulling in some great
reviews as well as some fun articles. Spacey fan Vivienne pointed me to some
interesting things.
Richard III, Old Vic, review
Richard III- Kevin Spacey, the king with the common
touch
Pictures from the play
July 1, 2011 - No text, just a nice picture.
June 29,
2011 - Wow. Now it's been 2
years since I updated last! Kevin is now in a production of Richard III,
through September 11. If you're going to be in London, grab some tickets
now.
June 5,
2009 - Hmm.
Seems to have been a while since I updated this page! Is it too late to
mention everything that happened since he did Speed the Plow? In that case,
I'll just say that Kevin is slated to return to the stage of the Old Vic
Theatre in a production of Inherit The Wind. According to their schedule the
play starts previews September 18 and goes through December 20. The
production is to be directed by Trevor Nunn.
March 11, 2008
Great news!
I've finally added a page for reviews and opinions and stage door stories by
fans! Uh, bad news is, I haven't had time to add those things to the page.
But any day now. I promise! Here's where it will be when it's there:
PLOW fans
Thank you to the fans who have
sent me things, only to have to wait and wait for them to appear.
February
12, 2008
I've added a
new page to the Speed-The-Plow section. It is for stage door photos. Spacey
fan Marie has generously shared one of her pictures with us. I'm going to
leave it sized as is until there are more and I have to go to thumbnails. I'll be
starting the page for fan recollections and reviews in a few days.
February
4, 2008
Speed-The-Plow
started previews on Friday evening. The play runs through April 26th.
The play will
have a brief run at the Ruhr festival in Recklinghausen, Germany from May 3
- May 11. Thanks to Erika for that information.
~
April
3, 2007
From
an Old Vic email press item - John Osborne’s The Entertainer premiered at
the
Royal Court
on 10 April 1957. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, actors Robert Lindsay
and Pam Ferris, and director, Sean Holmes, will discuss the play’s history
and The Old Vic’s current production, with theatre critic, Michael Coveney.
Tickets
are £5 and include a free glass of Mouton Cadet wine. Please call 0870 060
6628 to book your place.
March
6, 2007
I have
a new page for the news updates for the Broadway production of A Moon For
The Misbegotten. You can find it here.
The
current production at the Old Vic stars Spacey look alike Robert Lindsay.
American audiences will know him from the TV show "My Family" on
BBC America, his mystery series on PBS and his co-starring role in the
Hornblower movies on A&E. I know what you were all thinking. That this
is what Kevin's brother must look like.
December
31, 2006
Wow! I
had no idea it had been so long since I updated this news page. Just wanted
to say that I haven't read anything yet about when the tickets for Moon at
the BAT will be on sale. I *have* come up with an idea for a sure fire
money-maker for the production though.
T-shirts,
key rings, caps, mugs and posters that say "I was mooned at the Brooks
Atkinson Theatre!"
Catchy,
huh?
November
22, 2006
Many
sources are reporting that starting on March 29, 2007, A Moon for the
Misbegotten will begin preview performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
in New York City. The play officially starts on April 9. Kevin, Eve Best and
Colm Meaney will reprise their roles.
Old
Vic Video Blog #5 is making it's appearance at the link above. You can also
find all five videos on the Old Vic's own site now. You can find the link here
or you can go directly here.
November
13, 2006
The
fantastic news is it is looking like there's a very good chance that Moon
will be heading for New York City by March. The not so good news is it looks
like those horribly uncomfortable seats at the BAT may be awaiting Kevin's
devoted fans again. Maybe this time they'll have Inflatable Cushion Night
the way they do at ballgames. And really, this time they need to have small
souvenirs like Moon keychains and postcards or something. Carrying that
windowcard all over the place wasn't very practical. I'll add more
suggestions as they come to me.
Congratulations
to Kevin Spacey for being nominated in the Best Actor category of the
Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
October
31, 2006
Kevin
did an interview on BBC Radio 4 yesterday. You can listen to it here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml
October
16, 2006
There's
a new fan review on the Moon fan reviews page. Thanks to Cynthia.
October
9, 2006
Spacey
fan "Fan" has sent me some of her thoughts about the play which
she made note of in her journal. You can find them here.
She's also sharing some of her stage door pictures with us. Big thanks to
Fan.
October
8, 2006
Anyone
know where the picture above came from? It must be new. Is it my imagination
or does Kevin look a teensy bit like John Nettles?
There's
another video interview at the BBC site. Link
October
6, 2006
One of
the fans was asking me what time someone needs to get to the theater when
they have tickets to a matinee. If anyone's been to a matinee performance,
would you drop me a line and tell me how early I should tell her she needs
to be there? Email link is on the entrance page, or you can use the feedback
link on the Map page. *Thank
you. I've forwarded the information.
October
5, 2006
Kevin
and the cast of A Moon For The Misbegotten are enjoying some fantastic
reviews. I will try to post a few at the weekend. In the mean time, Spacey
fan Vivienne tells me she saw Kevin on TV earlier in the week. You can watch
the interview at the BBC site. The link for the video is at the bottom of
the page.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/5399220.stm
September
21, 2006
Spacey
fan Simone is sharing with us her Old Vic adventure from last week. Enjoy.
You can find it on the new Fan Reviews
page for "Moon". As always, be aware of possible plot spoilers in
any review.
As you
can see above, I've added links to lastminuteliving.com's Old Vic video blog
and the main "Moon" section of this site. I'll hopefully be adding
more pictures and reviews sent by fans very, very soon.
September
5, 2006
I sure
hope Moon makes it's way to New York next summer. I haven't seen Kevin
Spacey in a play since 1999!
September
1, 2006
Now
that Moon is close to opening, I guess I'd better get to work on finishing
last season's production sections on the site.
August
28, 2006
I
haven't updated the Old Vic News page since the middle of June?? And here
we're just a few weeks away from Kevin's latest venture, A Moon for the
Misbegotten. The cast for the play now includes Eve Best, Colm Meaney,
Billy Carter and Eugne O'Hare.
And
now for a bit of description snippage snipped off the Old Vic web site:
<snip>
Josie
(Best), a towering woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation lives
in a dilapidated Connecticut farmhouse with her conniving father, Phil Hogan
(Meaney). Together they're a formidable force as they scrape together a
livelihood. But Josie's softer side is exposed through her love of Jim
Tyrone (Spacey), Hogan's landlord and drinking buddy - a third-rate actor
whose dreams of stardom were washed away by alcohol.
<snip>
I sure
hope the play makes it's way to New York. It's been over 7 years since I was
lucky enough to see him in a play.
June
18, 2006
A
snippet in today's Washington Post, ARTS section.
Now
Appearing on London Stages ... Our Top Picks
London's West End theaters sold 11 million tickets and took in $270
million last year: Here s a sampling of what's hot now and what promise to
be big draws when they open.
In
the wings:
...Kevin Spacey stars in Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for
the Misbegotten," opening at the Old Vic Sept. 26
June
17, 2006
Slightly
old news - Eve Best will be Kevin's co-star in Moon.
June
3, 2006
Some
of you may recall me mentioning my friend Chris. Back in 1999, he waited
patiently with my mother at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre stage door in New
York City, to get Kevin's autograph on my Hopper cover (A Bug's Life VHS
with Hopper on the cover) while my sister and I were inside the theater
seeing The Iceman Cometh. Then a few years ago he was visiting his uncle in
London and I asked him to go to the Old Vic and take a few pictures but he
claimed that he couldn't find it and that his uncle who has lived in London
for more than twenty years had never heard of it.
He
just returned from a trip to London and this time managed to find the
theater and took some pictures. I've changed the photo on the Old Vic
section main page, link above, to one of the pictures, and changed the
picture on the new Season Three section to his photo of the outside of the
theater with Kevin's next play in the poster cases on the front of the
building. If it works, you can click on the left poster case and get a
picture of the case taken by itself. I'll add a few more of his pictures
another day. Big thanks to Chris!
I
*think* I fixed the hotspot over the photo of Kevin outside the theater.
May
9, 2006
The
Old Vic announced their next 3 seasons today. I'll add a schedule rundown
later but for now you can read about it all
here.
Thanks
to Cathie for the link.
April
13, 2006
Kevin
has a new interview with the Guardian.
'I
knew we'd be put under a microscope'
Kevin Spacey has been under attack ever since he took over as artistic
director of the Old Vic theatre. With his latest play closing early after
being savaged by the critics, he tells Michael Billington that the audiences
love what he does - but the media is out to get him.
Link
That
must be in response to the articles such as those in Playbill.
Spacey’s
Old Vic Theatre Company to Go Dark for Five Months
Link
Thanks
to Cathie and Ruth for the links.
April
9, 2006
Resurrection
Blues is closing a week earlier than originally planned so if you wanted to
see it, now's the time to go. According to the Sunday Times, there likely
won't be another play at the Old Vic until Kevin does A Moon For The
Misbegotten in September.
Link
Thanks
to Cathie for the link.
April
3, 2006
UK
fans can catch a little bit of Kevin on TV- Artsworld:
The Arts Channel from Sky.
Robert
Altman Directs at the Old Vic
Mon 3
Apr 2006 8:35pm - 9pm
Fri 7 Apr 2006 7:30pm - 8pm
Sat 8 Apr 2006 3:05pm - 3:30pm
Mon 10 Apr 2006 11:05am - 11:30am
Mon 10 Apr 2006 6:30pm - 7pm
Tue 11 Apr 2006 9:40am - 10:10am
March
11, 2006
There's
a rumor going around that Moon for the Misbegotten may be going to NYC as
early as January 2007, with a brief stop in Washington, DC first. But so far
I haven't had any response to my query from the Old Vic Theatre.
Has
anyone gone to see Resurrection Blues?
February
5, 2006
I've
had to temporarily remove the fan reviews form.
January
19, 2006
No
Olivier award nominations for the Old Vic this year. Maybe next time.
December
17, 2005
There's
still time to cast your vote for Kevin and Richard II in the
Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards 2006.
Link
November
27, 2005
Spacey
fan Isis sent me some stage door pictures from yesterday, the last day for
Richard II. You can find them here.
November
24, 2005
I
don't often mention ebay auctions but one of the Jennifer Ehle fans has
alerted me to an auction for an autographed program from The Philadelphia
Story that is being auctioned off by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. It
has been signed by the cast, including Kevin Spacey.
Link
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