Abstract
Speed-the-Plow is an exhilaratingly sharp, comical, disturbing play about the power of money and sex in Hollywood, and how they corrupt two movie producers. Speed-the-Plow opened at Lincoln Center to sold-out seats, rave reviews, and much fanfare in March 1988 - starring Madonna, Joe Mantegna, and Ron Silver - and later moved to and had a long-standing run on Broadway.