Lindsay Lohan’s West End debut isn’t turning a profit for the
Playhouse Theater in London — and it could spell curtains for her already
troubled career.
Lohan’s much-hyped arrival across the pond to star in a production of David
Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow”
garnered the show press and drew audiences in the beginning, but now tickets
for the play are on deep discount, nearly half off, starting at a measly 15
British pounds, or $24 here.
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News Lindsay Lohan collected a bouquet on opening night in ‘Speed-the-Plow,’
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Lindsay Lohan’s West End debut isn’t turning a profit for the Playhouse
Theater in London — and it could spell curtains for her already troubled
career.
Lohan’s much-hyped arrival across the pond to star in a
production of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” garnered the show press and
drew audiences in the beginning, but now tickets for the play are on deep
discount, nearly half off, starting at a measly 15 British pounds, or $24 here.
“Save 50% on tickets to ‘Speed-the-Plow’ starring Lindsay
Lohan. Top price seats were £59.50, now just £29.75, saving you 50% when you
book by Saturday,” is plastered on the homepage for West End Wilma, London’s
equivalent to New York’s discount TKTS.
“Theater is an expensive business. Putting on a play like
‘Speed-the-Plow,’ a show with only three actors, still cost millions of
pounds,” one prominent theater expert tells Confidenti@l. “Producers do
whatever it takes to put fannies in seats, and that includes hiring stars like
Lindsay Lohan.
“When that strategy works, as it’s doing now on Broadway with ‘It’s
Only a Play,’ which reunites Matthew
Broderick and Nathan Lane, people show up in
droves,” said the insider. “When it doesn’t, it also includes reducing ticket
prices when celebs don’t move tickets.”
In early October, “Speed-the-Plow,” which drew Oprah Winfrey
and Lupita Nyong’o to the theater, had been described as “the
hottest ticket in town.” The show first premiered on Broadway at the Royale
Theater in 1988 and starred Madonna. In 2006 it had a run in
Los Angeles starring Alicia Silverstone.
The reviews for Lohan’s revival of the play were lousy, as was her
behavior off stage, Confidenti@l recently reported.
While shooting a cover for Time Out London to promote the play, Lohan
left a bad impression, arriving two and a half hours late. She then spent two
more hours getting ready. When she was finally camera-ready, she only allowed
the photographer 10 minutes to take photos, a spy told us.
The shoot had to be scheduled at a location near London Playhouse
Theater as well, we’re told.
“The farther she gets away from the theater, the tougher it is to get
her back,” a LiLo handler told production sources.
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