Take a sneak peek at the Broadway premiere of Junk, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced), now in previews at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont.
Watch highlights from the production in the video above.
Inspired by the real junk bond kings of the day, the story is set in the high-flying, risk-seeking financial world of the 1980s. Steven Pasquale plays Robert Merkin, an investment banker attempting to reshape the market and the world.
Junk, directed by Doug Hughes, will officially open November 2 in the Beaumont.
Completing the cast are Ito Aghayere, Phillip James Brannon, Tony Carlin, Demosthenes Chrysan, Jenelle Chu, Caroline Hewitt, Rick Holmes, Ted Koch, Ian Lassiter, Teresa Avia Lim, Adam Ludwig, Sean McIntyre, Nate Miller, Ethan Phillips, Matthew Rauch, Matthew Saldivar, Charlie Semine, Michael Siberry, Miriam Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Henry Stram, and Stephanie Umoh.
For tickets and more information, visit LCT.org.
