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Lincoln Center Theater presents the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Ahktar's financial thriller.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jan. 7, 2018.

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About Junk on Broadway

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Previews: Oct 5, 2017 • Opening: Nov 2, 2017 • Closing: Jan 7, 2018
Plays 2018 Tony Nominees
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Vivian Beaumont Theater Vivian Beaumont Theater
150 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
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Story

It’s 1985. Robert Merkin, the resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell has just landed on the cover of Time Magazine. Hailed as "America's Alchemist," his proclamation that "debt is an asset" has propelled him to dizzying heights. Zealously promoting his belief in the near-sacred infallibility of markets, he is trying to re-shape the world.

Junk is the story of Merkin's assault on American capitalism's holy of holies, the “deal of the decade,” his attempt to takeover an iconic American manufacturing company and, in the process, to change all the rules. What Merkin sets in motion is nothing less than a financial civil war, pitting magnates against workers, lawyers against journalists, and ultimately, pitting every one against themselves. Set over thirty years ago, this is a play about how, while most of us weren't watching, money became the only thing of real value.

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"Junk may be the best, most provocative play of the year. Smashingly entertaining!"

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Christopher Kelly

Cast & Creative

Cast

Raúl Rivera
Kurt/Corrigan Wiley
Ito Aghayere
Jacqueline Blount
Caroline Hewitt
Charlene Stewart/Ghost Writer
Rick Holmes
Thomas Everson
Mark O'Hare
Teresa Avia Lim
Judy Chen
Charlie Semine
Giuseppi Addesso
Nate Miller
Devon Atkins
Ethan Phillips
Murray Lefkowitz
Matthew Rauch
Israel Peterman
Leo Tresler
Joey Slotnick
Boris Pronsky
Henry Stram
Maximilien Cizik

Creative

Written by
Ayad Akhtar
Director
Doug Hughes
Set Designer
John Lee Beatty
Costume Designer
Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer
Ben Stanton
Original Music and Sound Designer
Mark Bennett
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