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UPDATES ON JANUARY 29

New York Daily News

Macy a seamless follow to Piven in 'Plow'
William H. Macy was bad luck personified in "The Cooler," but on Broadway he's "The Booster" and has given "Speed-the-Plow" a lift.

Associated Press

A Piven-less 'Speed-the-Plow' gets even better

AmericanTheaterWeb

Review - Speed-the-Plow - A New Player Vibrantly Recharges Successful Revival

New York Times

With Piven Gone, ‘Plow’ Speeds Apace
Jeremy Piven’s departure from the Broadway revival of “Speed-the-Plow” has bestowed many blessings

amNY New York City Theater

Theater Re-Review of Speed-the-Plow
Exactly three months ago, Jeremy Piven received critical acclaim in the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s black comedy “Speed-the-Plow” as fast-talking Hollywood producer Bobby Gould (not to be confused with Hollywood agent Ari Gold, his television character on “Entourage”).

Variety

Review: Speed-the-Plow
...Macy's long experience as a David Mamet collaborator shows in his mastery of the playwright's ricochet dialogue. Equally significant is the actor's screen persona -- shaped by a string of humiliated losers in films like "Fargo," "Magnolia" and "The Cooler" -- which adds poignant ripples of fear and desperation to his easily manipulated character.

Hollywood Reporter

Theater Review: Speed-the-Plow
The term "emergency bailout" isn't often applied to the theater, but it well describes the arrival of William H. Macy in the current Broadway revival of David Mamet's scathing Hollywood satire "Speed-the-Plow."

TheaterMania

Review: William H. Macy in Speed-the-Plow
The veteran actor's world-weariness brings a new and welcome dimension to David Mamet's tale of wheeling and dealing in Hollywood.

Talkin' Broadway

Re-Review: Speed-the-Plow
Sometimes fish stories do have happy endings. Howling was heard up and down Broadway when it was announced in December that Jeremy Piven was withdrawing from the hit revival of David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow at the Barrymore, citing elevated mercury levels as a result of eating too much sushi. ....