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Dark & Stormy Productions today announces its agreement with Actors' Equity Association to become an Equity theater, and announces the three actors and director for its upcoming production of Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet. Previously, Dark & Stormy presented the Equity Showcase, Outside Providence.

A Pittsburgh Theater Premiere and limited run - three nights only - THE SPEED QUEEN, directed by Austin Pendleton, will play tonight, December 6, 7, and 8 at Off The Wall Theater.

A Pittsburgh Theater Premiere and limited run - three nights only - THE SPEED QUEEN, directed by Austin Pendleton, will play December 6, 7, and 8 at Off The Wall Theater.

One of NASCAR's biggest stars, Kurt Busch, opens up about his life, his struggles and his passions in SPEED's (Twitter: @SPEED) new one-hour special, Kurt Busch The Outlaw, premiering Thursday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) once again offers writers a unique opportunity to pitch their work to a prestigious lineup of serious producers, many of them with Broadway credits, and receive valuable feedback. The event is dubbed the TRU Writer-Producer Speed Date (The Art of the Pitch), an eye-opening education plus networking that will take place today, October 14, 2012 at 5:30pm & 6:30pmat The Players Theatre's Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre, 3rd floor, 115 MacDougal Street, NYC.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) once again offers writers a unique opportunity to pitch their work to a prestigious lineup of serious producers, many of them with Broadway credits, and receive valuable feedback. The event is dubbed the TRU Writer-Producer Speed Date (The Art of the Pitch), an eye-opening education plus networking that will take place on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 5:30pm & 6:30pmat The Players Theatre's Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre, 3rd floor, 115 MacDougal Street, NYC.

An hour-long special, "The First Chapter," will bring new "Revenge" viewers up to speed while giving die-hard fans a refresher on last season's hottest new show before it returns for its second season on September 30 on its new night and time (Sundays at 9:00 p.m., ET). Relive all the dark, juicy moments and dive into the mysteries of the Hamptons' most rich and powerful, TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 26 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

An hour-long special, "The First Chapter," will bring new "Revenge" viewers up to speed while giving die-hard fans a refresher on last season's hottest new show before it returns for its second season on September 30 on its new night and time (Sundays at 9:00 p.m., ET). Relive all the dark, juicy moments and dive into the mysteries of the Hamptons' most rich and powerful, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Today we are continuing the 2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown with another pairing sure to instigate ample amounts of approbation and opprobrium - now, just as it did twenty-five years ago - the famous Tony Awards battle of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA versus INTO THE WOODS.

Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plow Boys will play at Vermont's Middlebury Town Hall Theater tonight, May 18.

To put on a full-length play with just three characters - two males who hardly ever leave the stage and one female who appears periodically - takes courage. And when the words are crafted by David Mamet and his fast rhetoric deals with issues and conflicts that lie beneath the surface, it takes masterful timing and good chemistry to bring it to life.

For the sixth show in its 2011-2012 Season, Subversive Theatre teams up with Trajicom Productions to present David Mamet's ever-incendiary play SPEED THE PLOW. Directed by Christopher Standart, the cast includes Timothy Patrick Finnegan, Kevin Craig and Andrea Andolina. The show runs tonight through May 13.

Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plow Boys will play at Vermont's Middlebury Town Hall Theater May 18.

In its opening moments, it would be completely understandable to assume that Assistance, Leslye Headland's viciously fun satire of the cutthroat dealings among entry-level twenty-somethings, might be mimicking David Mamet's dark comedy of film executives, Speed-the-Plow. 

The 39 Steps is pulling audiences in and Plosive Productions brings Pulitzer-Prize-winning author David Mamet's riveting Speed-the-Plow to the stage tonight, keeping the theatrical bar high!

THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (APAC) today announced the world premiere production of Ashlin Halfnight's (Balaton, Artifcats of Consequence) A HARD WALL AT HIGH SPEED, directed by May Adrales (Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them, Humana Festival).

The 39 Steps is pulling audiences in and Plosive Productions brings Pulitzer-Prize-winning author David Mamet's riveting Speed-the-Plow to the stage on October 5th, keeping the theatrical bar high!

David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, who has earned Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). Mamet's books include The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank.

Many say that David Mamet's Speed the Plow is a play about greed, power and sex in Hollywood, but I think it is more a study of seduction, desperation and morality.

Tony Award-winning playwright David Mamet lent his voice to THE SIMPSONS for an episode, on Sunday, January 23, 2011 in which he (briefly) played an animated version of himself. In the episode, Mamet is 'a writer on Thicker Than Waters, a hokey '80s family sitcom that Homer becomes obsessed with.'

According to EW.com, Tony Award-winning playwright David Mamet will be lending his voice to THE SIMPSONS for an episode in which he will playing an animated version of himself. In the episode, Mamet is 'a writer on Thicker Than Waters, a hokey '80s family sitcom that Homer becomes obsessed with. In a scene that winks at Mamet's penchant for using profanity, Homer winds up watching a documentary about the fictional comedy, which features old footage of Mamet getting an earful from one of the Thicker actors.'

According to EW.com, Tony Award-winning playwright David Mamet will be lending his voice to THE SIMPSONS for an episode in which he will playing an animated version of himself. In the episode, Mamet is 'a writer on Thicker Than Waters, a hokey '80s family sitcom that Homer becomes obsessed with. In a scene that winks at Mamet's penchant for using profanity, Homer winds up watching a documentary about the fictional comedy, which features old footage of Mamet getting an earful from one of the Thicker actors.'

American Theater Company announces the addition of new performance dates for its hit productions of David Mamet's Oleanna and Speed-the-Plow, directed by Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Rick Snyder. Both productions have been extended through October 31, 2010 and are now playing in repertory at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron in Chicago.

American Theater Company announces the addition of new performance dates for its hit productions of David Mamet's Oleanna and Speed-the-Plow, directed by Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Rick Snyder. Both productions have been extended through October 31, 2010 and are now playing in repertory at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron in Chicago.

American Theater Company (ATC) opens its 26th season with David Mamet's Oleanna and Speed-the-Plow in repertory for the first time ever.