Based on real-life events and using music, dance and video, Lucy Prebble’s Enron explores one of the most infamous scandals in financial history, reviewing the tumultuous 1990s and casting a new light on the financial turmoil in which the world currently finds itself. Director Rupert Goold (Macbeth with Patrick Stewart), along with a crack team of designers, will bring the most exciting and innovative theatrical event Broadway has seen this decade.
The brainchild of British playwright Lucy Prebble, who's just 29, it's a slice of American history and a cautionary tale that's audaciously theatrical but watery soup when it comes to content. Prebble follows a long tradition of English dramatists who've had an instinctive desire to revisit history - dissecting victims, concocting motives, even going so far as to make up revisionist excuses for them. Think: 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Stuff Happens' and 'Democracy.' Further back - Shakespeare did it, with a fictional twist. There's a lot of sizzle, but not a whole lot of steak.
he semi-factual drama by Lucy Prebble (28 when she wrote it) will appeal to those familiar with the case and knowledgeable of the most esoteric aspects of accounting. The rest of us, lacking total comprehension, can revel in the racy dialogue, remarkable visuals and frequent humor delivered by a virtuosic ensemble. I can’t say where actual quotation and verifiable fact commingle with the author’s lively imagination. Nevertheless, Prebble’s writing and the production dreamed up by director Rupert Goold are stunning enough to provide steady wonder, involvement and delight.
2010 | West End |
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2010 | Broadway |
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Adam Cork |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Mark Henderson |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Adam Cork |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Lucy Prebble |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | Stephen Kunken |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Adam Cork |
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