Both a dazzling piece of entertainment and a gripping cautionary tale…What's clear is that the sensational stage effects deliver the same blood-pumping thrills of a musical, wrapped around a play, by Lucy Prebble, with more brains in its head than any tuner since Assassins.” —Variety
“Enron is a whip-smart, edge-of-your-seat ride that'd rival anything at Six Flags there are even raptor-headed businessmen prancing around.” —New York Post
“A surprising and remarkable creation: It's a two-and-a-half-hour lecture on business history, and it's utterly thrilling.” —New York Observer
“Enron is at once an astonishing thrill ride through the high-flying '90s and a chilling precursor to everything that would follow.” —Bloomberg News
“An exhilarating mix of political satire, modern morality and multimedia spectacle.” —The Guardian
“Not to be missed. The political theatre of the 21st century has arrived, in some style.” —The Times of London
“One of those rare works that crystallizes the mood of its age.” —Daily Telegraph
“One of the most incisive, most grown-up political dramas of the past 10 years.” —Observer
“Caryl Churchill's Serious Money skewered the 1980s; Prebble's Enron knifes the Noughties.” —Sunday Times of London
“The collapse of US energy giant Enron brilliantly reconfigured by Lucy Prebble...(her) great skill lies in her ability to take us through complex concepts with ease, without bemusing or, worse, patronizing us.” —Evening Standard
“A darkly exhilarating portrait of hypertrophied capitalism and a society that allows faith-based fiscal systems to ravage the body economic...A sharp-witted and rollicking business thriller...Prebble's characters are deliciously vital and self-aware.” —Time Out
Fasten your seatbelts for a rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels you through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history! With a spicy blend of humor, pathos and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andy Fastow are laid bare as razzle-dazzle entertainment. Lucy Prebble's Enron casts a shocking new light on today's economy and how we got here.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Steven Weber as Jeffrey Skilling
Gregory Itzin as Kenneth Lay
Greg Germann as Andrew Fastow
Amy Pietz as Claudia Roe
alongside Chris Butler, Jackie Emerson, Pamela J. Gray, Kasey Mahaffy, Jon Matthews, Julia McIlvaine, Russell Soder, Kenneth Alan Williams and Matthew Wolf.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Steven Weber as Jeffrey Skilling
Gregory Itzin as Kenneth Lay
Greg Germann as Andrew Fastow
Amy Pietz as Claudia Roe
alongside Chris Butler, Jackie Emerson, Pamela J. Gray, Kasey Mahaffy, Jon Matthews, Julia McIlvaine, Russell Soder, Kenneth Alan Williams and Matthew Wolf.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
Enron
Fasten your seatbelts for a rapid-fire, sophisticated thrill-ride that propels you through one of the most infamous financial scandals in history! With a spicy blend of humor, pathos and music, the big biz machinations of Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andy Fastow are laid bare as razzle-dazzle entertainment. Lucy Prebble's Enron casts a shocking new light on today's economy and how we got here.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Steven Weber as Jeffrey Skilling
Gregory Itzin as Kenneth Lay
Greg Germann as Andrew Fastow
Amy Pietz as Claudia Roe
alongside Chris Butler, Jackie Emerson, Pamela J. Gray, Kasey Mahaffy, Jon Matthews, Julia McIlvaine, Russell Soder, Kenneth Alan Williams and Matthew Wolf.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Steven Weber as Jeffrey Skilling
Gregory Itzin as Kenneth Lay
Greg Germann as Andrew Fastow
Amy Pietz as Claudia Roe
alongside Chris Butler, Jackie Emerson, Pamela J. Gray, Kasey Mahaffy, Jon Matthews, Julia McIlvaine, Russell Soder, Kenneth Alan Williams and Matthew Wolf.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940172056451 |
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Publisher: | L.A. Theatre Works |
Publication date: | 06/15/2011 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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