#Lee stram

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Lee Stram, Australian model. Just wet enough. I’d love to get my mouth around that.

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🤍 Lee Stram 🇬🇧

172 ✅ 21.11.24

DAMN HE’S HOT!

Follow for multiple daily pics of nothing but hot men:

Tumblr / Mastodon / X (Twitter) / Amazon Wishlist: https://damnheshot.com ​

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[springawakeningfan]

15 YEARS since SPRING AWAKENING'S FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OPENED on August 15, 2008 at The Balboa Theatre in San Diego, California

[lee-hakhyun]

um. side story

yjh tells lhh that they'll go to gwanghwamun in an hour, and lhh leaves and checks his phone. seems the app is shared over star relics too. dkos peeks at the app and figures out his skill. seems it really is only serialized while he's awake ... who is serializing it??? han sooyoung? lhh asks dkos. sure, she may have died in front of lhh but.. is she really gone? wouldn't kdj know, being the oldest dream? wait. if kim dokja was split up, and his sponsor is the 'demon king of salvation',... lhh asks what grade dkos is. myth grade, right?

dkos ignores the question, and tells lhh to use his free comment passes. not myth grade, then. the first two comments aren't anything substantial ("demon king of salvation! demon king of salvation! demon king of salvation!"), but the third one,

"that's not the demon king of salvation i knew."

kdj unexpectedly agrees. and starts talking about yjh in twsa. joonghyukie was softer in the ealier regressions, joonghyukie is still very loyal, etc etc until he asks if lhh is actually listening

checking the last comment, the commenter mentions they feel sorry for lhh being on the verge of death again. uh oh. lhh tells kdj that the latest chapter describes the near future, to which kdj compares the skill to anna croft's precognition. lhh confirms that the chapters' progression is pretty slow, so dkos says the danger probably wouldn't be related to a scenario then. so what's the problem this time?? lhh did avoid dying to yjh...

dkos asks if 'that' has started yet. ??? lhh asks him to elaborate but dkos tells him, you know, it's not easy for constellations to give out information—

the smartphone sparks, and an error in midday tryst occurs. hello?? there's no indirect messages either. dkos probably got hit by a probability aftermath, they were chatting in real time after all... and oh! shin yoosung!!

the last time lhh had seen sys, she definitely wasn't the 41st. but looking at her now, there's no golden glow in her eyes. if 3rd sys is gone, did something happen to kimcom..? lhh asks if sys remembers taming the ancient nagak, and she says she does. but that it wasn't her. ...she was aware? lhh asks her to elaborate, and after hesitating to figure out how to explain it she says it's like a [taming] bond with her from another world? does that make sense? lhh tells her he believes her. sys says then that the other her had said she could trust ahjussi, and that she wouldn't be able to come for a while...

lhh doesn't know what happened with sys, but until she left she had cared for lhh. sys asks one more question.

"who is kim dokja?"

ah? where did she hear about kdj? lhh starts to answer, but stumbles. sys grabs him but points to his neck. there's blood? no, it's... story fragments? lhh pushes sys away as sparks begin to fly throughout his body. the star stram has determined the grade of the story he got for defeating the outer god. his feat has given him a story, but. not all stories are beneficial to the owner.

lhh was given a story with a temporary judgment of semi-myth-grade, 'heir to the eternal name'.

what yoo hoseong of the island of reincarnators had said came to mind. those who could not control their story would end up being consumed by it. this story was too much for lee hakhyun.

「if y ou are sup pos ed to be 49%, then yo u shou ld al so ha ve th is」

lhh remembers what 49% was like. 49's story gradually broke down. lhh's body is suddenly unstable. this was his price for declaring that he would be 'kim dokja'.

system messages tell him that he is currently an incomplete 'kim dokja'. to survive, he had to collect additional kim dokja fragments. if he doesn't collect a new fragment in 50 minutes, he'll die.

dansu ahjussi, kyung sein, and killer king are seen rushing to him, but he couldn't greet them when his story was commanding him.

become the singular kim dokja, by eliminating all the other kim dokjas.

[time remaining until death: 49:51]

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Lee Stram, gym muscle stud

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11 ✅ 26.10.24

Lee Stram

[totallytrucked]

list of sa vids (mostly boots, a few bts vids)

saw this done by @lady-ivie-iv and i didn't want to clog up her post with additions so I made my own

(contains a lot of the same videos, i just added some cast members + more int. productions)

Lincoln Center concert

OBC: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Lauren Pritchard (Ilse), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Austin (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Steven Spinella (Adult Men)

Backstage at Spring Awakening with Jonathan Groff

OBC kinda: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Phoebe Strole (u/s Ilse), Jonathan B. Wright (Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Gideon Glick (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Krysta Rodriguez (u/s Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Astin (Georg), Frances Mercati-Anthony (u/s Adult Women), Steven Spinella (Adult Men)

Jonathan Groff and L*a M*chele's last performance: Jonathan Groff (Melchior), L*a M*chele (Wendla), John Gallagher Jr (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Matt Doyle (u/s Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Austin (Georg), Christine Estabrook (Adult Women), Glenn Fleshler (Adult Men)

7 Aug 2008: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Gerard Canonico (Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Amanda Castanos (Martha), Morgan Karr (u/s Ernst), Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea), Emily Kinney (Anna), Gabe Violett (Otto), Andrew Durand (Georg)

Broadway probably 2008: Matt Doyle (u/s Melchior), Alexandra Socha (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (u/s Moritz), Emma Hunton (Ilse), Jesse Swenson (u/s Hanschen), Lilli Cooper (Martha), Blake Daniel (Ernst), Remy Zaken (Thea), Phoebe Strole (Anna), Brian Charles Johnson (Otto), Skylar Astin (Georg) Glenn Flesher (Adult Men), most likely Christine Estabrook (Adult Women)

Broadway Tony Performance

Weird censored performance on good morning America

Spring awakening cast does grease (iconic)

Broadway press reel

First national tour: Kyle Riabko (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Ben Moss (Ernst), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

29 Nov 2011 1nt: Jake Epstein (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Ben Fankhauser (Ernst), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

Totally Trucked 1nt bts vids

2nd National tour (audio playlist, video playlist): Christopher Wood (Melchior), Elizabeth Judd (Wendla), Coby Getzug (Moritz), Courtney Markowitz (Ilse), Devon Stone (Hanschen), Aliya Bowles (Martha), Daniel Plimpton (Ernst), Emily Mest (Thea), Rachel Geisler (Anna), George Salazar (Otto), Jim Hogan (Georg), Sarah Kleeman (Adult Women), Mark Poppleton (Adult Men)

Class of 1891 bts vids (2nt)

London playlist: Aneurin Barnard (Melchior), Charlotte Wakefield (Wendla), Iwan Rheon (Moritz), Lucy May Barker (Ilse), Jamie Blackley (Hanschen), Hayley Gallivan (Martha), Harry McEntire (Ernst), Evelyn Hoskins (Thea), Natasha Barnes (Anna), Edd Judge (Otto), Jos Slovick (Georg), Sian Thomas (Adult Women), Richard Cordery (Adult Men)

Deaf West (act 1) Spring Awakening (act 2): Austin McKenzie (Melchior), Sandra Mae Frank/Katie Boeck (Wendla/voice of Wendla), Daniel Durant/Alex Boniello (Moritz/voice of Moritz), Krysta Rodriguez (Ilse), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Treshelle Edmond/Kathryn Gallagher (Martha/voice of Martha), Josh Castille/Daniel David Stewart (Ernst/voice of Ernst), Amelia Hensley (Thea), Lauren Luiz (Voice of Thea/Melitta), Ali Stroker (Anna), Miles Barbee/Sean Grandillo (Otto/voice of Otto), Alex Wyse (Georg), Camryn Manheim and Marlee Marlin (Adult Women), Russel Harvard and Patrick Page (Adult Men)

LA dwsa woybr: Joey Haro (Hanschen), Josh Castille/Daniel David Stewart (Ernst/voice of Ernst)

Dwsa Tony performance

Dwsa on Seth Meyers

amateur/regional productions:

Spring awakening at Syracuse Summer Theatre: Chip Weber (Melchior), Maya Dwyer (Wendla), Tim Willard (Moritz), Madeline Shuron (Ilse), Liam Collins (Hanschen), Chelsea Colton (Martha), Doug Schneider (Ernst), Taylorann Flurschutz (Thea), Taylor Peck (Anna), Chris Wagner (Otto), Emmett Wickersham (Georg), Michaela Oney (Adult Women), Tallon Larham (Adult Men)

Bitch of living from Ann Arbor Concert: Ben Walker (Melchior), Rohit Gopal (Moritz), Matthew Kemp (Hanschen), Cameron Sirian (Ernst), Grant Rossini (Otto), Griffin Binnicker (Georg), John Siebert (Adult Men)

Some non-english language productions:

Mexico playlist ( Despertando en Primavera): Mauricio Romero (Melchior), Melissa Barrera (Wendla), Pepe Navarrete (Moritz), Roxana Puente (Ilse), Iker Madrid (Hanschen), Ivonne Garza (Martha), Arturo Valdemar (Ernst), Melissa Ortiz (Thea), Estibalitz Ruiz (Anna), Pablo Rodriguez (Otto), Diego Medel (Georg), Fernanda Borches (Adult Women), Cristobal Garcia-Naranjo (Adult Men)

Brasil cast recording (O Despertar da Primavera): Pierre Baitelli (Melchoir), Malu Rodrigues (Wendla), Rodrigo Palfando (Moritz), Leticia Colin (Ilse), Thiago Amaral (Hanschen), Laura Lobo (Martha), Felipe de Carolis (Ernst), Julia Bernat (Thea), Estrela Blanco (Anna), Bruno Sigrist (Otto), Andre Loddi (Georg), Debora Olivieri (Adult Women), Carlos Gregorio (Adult Men)

Some Spring Awakening Vienna videos: Rasmus Borkowski (Melchior), Hanna Kastner (Wendla), Wolfgang Turks (Moritz), Jennifer Kothe (Ilse), Johannes Huth (Hanschen), Sonja Dengler (Martha), Matthias Bollwerk (Ernst), Jeannine Wacker (Thea), Jana Nagy (Anna), Marlon Wehmeier (Otto), Dominik Hees (Georg), Julia Stemberger (Adult Women), Adult Men unknown

Argentina proshot (Despertando en Primavera): Fernando Dente (Melchior), Florencia Otero (Wendla), Federico Salles (Moritz), Mariana Jaccazio (Ilse), Eliseo Barrionuevo (Hanschen), Belén Pasqualini (Martha), Leandro Bassano (Ernst), Julieta Nair Calvo (Thea), Mivaela Pierani Méndez (Anna), Cristian Centurión (Otto), Julián Rubino (Georg), Irene Almus (Adult Women), Tony Lestingi (Adult Men)

SA Japan trailer (there are other vids on yt)

SA Korea Totally Fucked (South Korea)

gosh this is long as hell omg... Once again thank you to @lady-ivie-iv for the idea and great list!

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Lee Stram

[stuckontheisland]

Bootleg Masterpost

Hi party people! I’m a new trader and have a small collection of stuffs that I want you all to know about in case you’re interested in anything or would like to trade! Feel free to msg me! <3 <3 

Anastasia | Sep 17, 2017

Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dimitry), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily), Mray Beth Peil(Empress Maria),

Bonnie and Clyde| Sep 28, 2013

Laura Osnes (Bonnie Parker), Jeremy Jordan(Clyde Barrow), Melissa Van Der Schyff (Blanche Barrow), Claybourne Elder (Buck Barrow), Louis Hobson (Ted Hilton)

Bridges of Madison County| March 9, 2014

Kelli O’Hara (Francesca), Steven Pasquale (Robert), Whitney Bashor (Marian/Chiara), Hunter Foster (Bud), Caitlin Kinnunen(Carolyn), Derek Klena (Michael), Michael X Martin(Charlie), Cass Morgan(Marge)

Carousel | April 26, 2013 | Lincoln Centre Production

Kelli O’Hara(Julie Jordan), Nathan Gunn (Billy Bigelow) Stephanie Blythe (Nettie Fowler), John Cullum (The Starkeeper/Dr. Selden), Jessie Mueller (Carrie)

Dear Evan Hansen| Oct 19, 2018 | LA Opening Night

Tracked Audio

Ben Levi Ross(Evan Hansen),  Jessica Philips(Heidi Hansen), Maggie McKenna(Zoe Murphy), Marrick Smith(Connor Murphy), Christiane Noll(Cynthia Murphy), Aaron Lazar(Larry Murphy), Jared Goldsmith(Jared Kleinman), Phoebe Koyabe(Alana Beck)

Dear Evan Hansen| Unknown

Ben Platt (Evan Hansen), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi Hansen), Mike Faist (Connor Murphy), Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe Murphy), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia Murphy), Michael Park (Larry Murphy), Will Roland (Jared Kleinman), Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana Beck)

Falsettos| Lincoln Centre/PBSProfessionally Recorded

Stephanie J. Block (Trina), Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells(Whizzer), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms(Dr. Charlotte), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia)

Gypsy| Unknown 2008 | Broadway Revival

Laura Benanti (Louise), Patti LuPone(Rose), Leigh Ann Larkin(Rose), Boyd Gaines (Herbie), Tony Yazbek(Tulsa), Alison Fraser (Tessie Tura), Leonora Nemetz (Mazeppa), Marilyn Caskey (Electra)

Hamilton| Unknown

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Daniel J Watts, Neil Haskell, Ephraim Sykes.

Into the Woods| Unknown 2002 | Broadway revival

Vanessa Williams, Stephen DeRosa, Kerry O’Malley, John McMartin, Gregg Edelman, Laura Benanti, Molly Ephriam, Adam Wylie, Marylouise Burke

Leap of Faith| April 4, 2012 | Broadway

Raul Esparza, Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Leslie Odom Jr., Krystal Joy Brown, Talon Ackerman

Legally Blonde| Unknown |Professionally Recorded MTV

Laura Bell Bundy(Elle Woods), Christian Borle(Emmett Forrest), Orfeh(Paulette), Richard H Blake(Warner Huntington III), Kate Shindle(Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson(Brooke Wyndham), Michael Rupert(Professor Callahan), Annaleigh Ashford(Margot), Asmeret Ghebremichael(Pilar), Tracy Jai Edwards(Serena)

Next to Normal| March 18, 2010 Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| June 6, 2009 | First post-Tony performance

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| Nov 29, 2009

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| March 18, 2010

Tracked Audio Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Next to Normal| March 20, 2010

Tracked Audio

Cast: Jessica Phillips (Diana s/b), J. Robert Spencer (Dan), Kyle Dean Massey (Gabe), Jenn Damiano (Natalie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Henry), Louis Hobson (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine)

Priscilla Queen of the Desert| March 6, 2011

Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi), Tony Sheldon (Bernadette), Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia), C. David Johnson (Bob), Jacqueline B. Arnold (Diva #3), Anastacia McCleskey (Diva #2), Ashley Spencer (Diva #1), Jessica Phillips (Marion), J. Elaine Marcos (Cynthia)

Songs for a New World ​| June 2018 | NYCC Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, Solea Pfeiffer

Spring Awakening| August 15, 2008 | First performance, San Diego

Kyle Riabko (Melchior), Christy Altomare (Wendla), Blake Bashoff (Moritz), Steffi D (Ilse), Sarah Hunt (Martha), Kimiko Glenn (Thea), Gabrielle Garza (Anna), Anthony Lee Medina (Otto), Matt Shingledecker (Georg), Andy Mientus (Hanschen), Ben Moss (Ernst), Angela Reed (Adult Women), Henry Stram (Adult Men)

Waitress | March 30, 2016

Jessie Mueller (Jenna), Keala Settle (Becky), Kimiko Glenn (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr. Pomatter), Nick Cordero (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie)

Wicked| August 17, 2005

Shoshana Bean(Elphaba), Meghan Hilty(Glinda)

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Mr. Harrigan's Phone

4 ud af 5 aldrende læseheste

Gymnasieeleven Craig (Jaeden Martell) tjener lommepenge ved at læse klassiske romaner som "To byer", "Lady Chatterleys elsker" og "Forbrydelse og straf" højt for en svagtsynet milliardær (Donald Sutherland). Der opstår et stærkt venskab mellem de to, og den unge mand introducerer det 21. århundredes velsignelser for den aldrende aktiespekulant med en iPhone, der giver ham direkte adgang til børsnoteringerne. Da mr. Harrigan dør af et hjertestop, giver Craig ham iPhonen med i kisten, og han sender en besked til ham som en sidste hilsen. Stor er hans overraskelse, da sms'en uventet besvares, og der begynder at ske mystiske ting og sager ... Mere skal ikke røbes her. Det er Stephen Kings kortroman af samme navn, der er dramatiseret og iscenesat af John Lee Hancock, kendt som instruktør af bl. a. "The Blind Side", "The Founder" og "Saving Mr. Banks", og det er en af de bedre King-filmatiseringer, der efter min mening helt eminent fanger forfatterens stemningsfulde stil og skildringer. Der er overnaturlige elementer, ja, men de er under stram kontrol, og hovedvægten er lagt på forholdet mellem de godt castede personer, samtidig med at Kings (for en gangs skyld) velkonstruerede plot stille og roligt afvikles med god suspense. Anbefales varmt og kan ses på Netflix.

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Matthew Rauch and Steven Pasquale

“When did money become the thing – the only thing?” a character asks at the beginning of “Junk,” a play by Ayad Akhtar, who seems to answer: In the 1980s. Akhtar, the playwright of “Disgraced,” the Pulitzer-winning play about the price of assimilation for a Muslim American, and “The Invisible Hand,” about a terrorist kidnapping, here presents less venturesome dramatic territory by revisiting the heady era of corporate raiding, insider trading, junk bonds — a well-staged production about a well-trod subject.

With a 23-member cast, “Junk” presents the multiple strands of a story that revolves around the plans by junk bond trader Robert Merkin (Steven Pasquale) to execute a hostile takeover of a steel company based in (and dominating) the small (fictional) city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Everson Steel is presided over by Thomas Everson Jr. (Rick Holmes) third generation scion, who is an upstanding, well-meaning businessman but less talented than his grandfather, who founded the steel mills, and his father, who smartly diversified it into pharmaceuticals and financial services.

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It’s clear from the get-go that Everson doesn’t stand much of a chance against Merkin’s corporate raider Izzy Peterman (played as hyperactive and amoral by Matthew Rauch), Boris Pronsky (Joey Slotnick as a dour-faced shlub), who gives Merkin illegal insider tips; and Everson’s own high-powered lawyer, Jacqueline Blount (Ito Aghayere), who is a mole for Merkin. Meanwhile, Giuseppe Addesso (Charlie Semine) schemes to put Wall Street’s high-rollers behind bars, driven by the headlines it would generate, helping to fulfill his ambitions to be mayor of New York. We’ve seen all of this before, not least in real life – prosecutor turned mayor Rudolph Giuliani’ investment banker Michael Milken; Ivan Boesky, convicted of insider trading – he’s the one who reportedly really said: Greed is Good. Yes, that’s the line Michael Douglas says in Wall Street, the 1987 movie directed by Oliver Stone, which was followed by a slew of Wall Street movies — “Boiler Room” (2000) “Margin Call” (2011) “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) and “The Big Short” (2015) – the most recent of which focus on the events that led to the 2008 collapse. Broadway has been less fertile soil for plays about business shenanigans: Lucy Prebble’s “Enron,” which was a hit in England, lasted for just 12 days after opening on Broadway in 2010. The Robert Merkin character doesn’t say “Greed is good” in “Junk.” He says “Debt is an asset.”

If there’s little that feels unfamiliar or especially timely in “Junk,” Akhtar has written a reasonably lucid primer on the process and logic of 1980s corporate takeovers. We learn that they required a charismatic figure like Merkin to charm investors into buying his high-yield but dubious junk bonds, and use the money to bid up the stock price of a targeted company, then take if over and sell off its assets.

Director Doug Hughes makes the two and a half hours of the play go swiftly. Set designer John Lee Beatty and lighting designer Ben Stanton help solve the problem that most of the wheeling-dealing, wheedling, strategizing and bullying is done by telephone, with a multi-tiered set of individual cubicles. The caller on the stage, typically Merkin, faces the audience while a cubicle on the top tier lights up when he calls somebody – that character also facing the audience. The set at times resembles the familiar digitized tickertape, a flashy effect that underscores the power rush that the high-power characters feel. Ok, yes, even that effect is not original; “Enron” pioneered it.

It’s in one way to Akhtar’s credit that he creates no complete villains in “Junk,” allowing each character their point of view and rationale for their behavior. The corporate raiders argue that what they do makes for a healthier economy – although an early scene humorously undermines their self-declared benevolence when Merkin discusses with his colleagues how to use language to obfuscate and seduce (words like “hope” and “reform” in place of “impose cuts.”) But there are also certainly no heroes, even those you’re initially encouraged into thinking will be, such as Everson (who makes remarks easily construed as anti-Semitic), financial journalist Judy Chen (Teresa Avila Chen) and irascible old-school financier Leo Tresler (Michael Siberry), who boasts of his high principles. Judy and Leo are involved in a subplot that adds a little sex into the mix that at first seems just an odd ploy to make “Junk” more marketable — one of several such potboiler elements in the play —  but Akhtar redeems himself by cleverly folding it into the main plot.

Theatergoers might welcome a speech that Merkin gives at the top of Act II, in which the playwright seems  finally to be taking a clear stand against an unmitigated villain, but one unseen and unmentioned in “Junk.” It is also Akhtar’s clearest effort to tie the 1980s to our current era:

“.I sometimes feel like I’ve stepped into a collective delusion. The bizarre, self-serving belief that we, Americans, are somehow better than others…

“No evidence is offered. Just nostalgic rhetoric

“..what do we hear in this country? ‘We’re Americans. We invented the automobile. We built the greatest steel mills the world has ever known. God bless America.’ Let’s set aside the revolting assumption that God doesn’t bless other nations, or that somehow an American father’s job is more important to his family than a Chinese father’s job is to his. Let’s just set aside those lies. Those delusions. And let’s stick with the facts. Fact: They are winning. Fact: We need to understand why. Fact: We need to change.”

Production of Junk in L.A.

Teresa Avia Lim and Michael Siberry.

Henry Stram (standing) and Rick Holmes (seated)

Joey Slotnick (center) and the company

Ito Aghayere and Matthew Saldivar

Junk

Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater

Written by Ayad Akhtar; Directed by Doug Hughes

Sets by John Lee Beatty; costumes by Catherine Zuber; lighting by Ben Stanton; original music & sound by Mark Bennett; projections by 59 Productions;

Cast: Ito Aghayere, Phillip James Brannon, Tony Carlin, Demosthenes Chrysan, Caroline Hewitt, Rick Holmes, Ted Koch, Ian Lassiter, Teresa Avia Lim, Adam Ludwig, Sean McIntyre, Nate Miller, Steven Pasquale, Ethan Phillips, Matthew Rauch, Matthew Saldivar, Charlie Semine, Michael Siberry, Miriam Silverman, Joey Slotnick, Henry Stram and Stephanie Umoh

Running time: Two and a half hours, including an intermission.

Tickets: $87 to $147

“Junk” is scheduled to run through January 7, 2018.

  Junk Review: 1980s Wall Street Greed by Ayad Akhtar “When did money become the thing - the only thing?” a character asks at the beginning of “Junk,” a play by Ayad Akhtar, who seems to answer: In the 1980s.