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...Nonetheless, even by recent standards, Enron is a gamble. With 22 actors, it has a much larger cast than the typical play. It has numerous sets, a handful of musical numbers and three lurking, red-eyed velociraptors to represent Enron's hidden debt, among other props. The play has gotten rave reviews in London, and the director Rupert Goold, who is staying with the Broadway production, won London's Evening Standard award for best director. But the producers decided to replace the cast when they brought the play to New York. All that has driven up the budget...
...other for skewing history for political gain. The question of whether the Board’s actions are justified has been opined upon to no end. But such haranguing distracts from a larger issue at hand; the controversy should force Americans to reevaluate their entire sense of history and cast a more critical eye on the interpretation of our past...
...supporting cast also provides humorous lines from time to time, especially Devon, played by Nate Torrence, who supplies the group of Kirk’s friends with naïve, child-like interjections which are so wrong for the situation that one can’t help but laugh. Molly’s friend Patty, played by Krysten Ritter, and Kirk’s friend Stainer (T.J. Miller) also have several comedic—albeit tense—stretches of dialogue...
Ellison admits that students may feel pressured to write what they believe will cast them in a positive light for readmission, a position echoed by Sundquist...
...however, fails to convince as a New Yorker, and his pseudo-New York accent is almost laughable. None of the performances—other than Ravine’s—are particularly outstanding, and it is disappointing to see such a lukewarm result from such a star-studded cast...