Junk-photo-by-Jim-Carmody
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.
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 – Vivian Beaumont Theatre
First Preview 05, Oct 2017
Opening Night 02, Nov 2017
Cast
Ito Aghayere – Broadway debut Jacqueline Blount
Phillip James Brannon – Broadway debut Kevin Walsh
Tony Carlin – Curt
Corrigan Wiley – Union Rep
Demosthenes Chrysan – Ensemble
Jenelle Chu – Broadway debut Ensemble
Caroline Hewitt – Charlene Stewart
Rick Holmes – Thomas Everson, Jr
Ted Koch – Mark O’Hare / Counsel
Ian Lassiter – Ensemble
Teresa Avia Lim – Broadway debut Judy Chen
Adam Ludwig – Broadway debut Ensemble
Sean McIntyre – Broadway debut Ensemble
Nate Miller – Broadway debut Devon Atkins / Waiter
Steven Pasquale – Robert Merkin
Ethan Phillips – Murray Lefkowitz / Lawyer
Matthew Rauch – Israel Peterman
Matthew Saldivar – Raúl Rivera
Charlie Semine – Broadway debut Giuseppe Addesso
Michael Siberry – Leo Tresler
Miriam Silverman – Broadway debut Amy Merkin
Joey Slotnick – Boris Pronsky
Henry Stram – Maximilien Cizik
Stephanie Umoh – Ensemble
Understudies: Tony Carlin (Leo Tresler), Demosthenes Chrysan (Corrigan Wiley, Curt, Lawyer, Maximilien Cizik, Murray Lefkowitz, Union Rep), Jenelle Chu (Judy Chen), Caroline Hewitt (Amy Merkin), Ian Lassiter (Devon Atkins, Kevin Walsh, Raúl Rivera, Waiter), Adam Ludwig (Israel Peterman, Robert Merkin), Sean McIntyre (Boris Pronsky, Counsel, Giuseppe Addesso, Mark O’Hare) and Stephanie Umoh (Charlene Stewart, Jacqueline Blount)
Reviews
Crew
Ayad Akhtar – Author
Doug Hughes – Director
John Lee Beatty – Sets
Catherine Zuber – Costumes
Ben Stanton – Lighting
Mark Bennett – Original Music and Sound
