Lindsay Lohan's Stage Debut

Because last night's performance was a preview performance, no press actually wrote a review about Lindsay Lohan's debut in Speed The Plow. The only reviews are Twitter reviews and they were mixed. I don't think anyone expected anything different. Obviously if you pare actually paying money and buying flowers to give to Lindsay after the show, what do you think that person is going to say about her performance? The reviews on Twitter ranged from car crash to superb. Here is the thing that bothered me most about Lindsay's performance from reading the reviews.

Earlier this year I wrote about how this is a perfect part for someone with limited acting ability because they can read many of the few lines they have  from a book they carry. Lindsay took full advantage of that, but so did Madonna and many other celebrities that have taken the role. When you do that, you have very few lines left. Lindsay didn't know most of those remaining lines and had to be fed them from the side of the stage. How can you not learn your lines after weeks of rehearsals and supposed studying? If the two male leads had done that they probably would be replaced by an understudy who does know the lines and is hoping for a chance. Maybe by the time the show actually opens she will memorize them, but you would think knowing how closely scrutinized her performance would be that she would at least try to remember her lines. It also wouldn't have hurt to not read the other lines from a book because then you are not ever looking at the audience.