“Other People’s Money” is about corporate raiders and what seems to be the root of our financial problems,” said P.O.R.T. Producer John McMullen. “It won Best Off-Broadway Play for 1989, but it’s as relevant today. Coincidentally, TIME magazine featured Carl Icahn, the iconic corporate raider, on its cover in mid-December of last year. By the way, when it first performed in New York, Icahn attended and was quoted in his reaction to the play as saying, ‘Some of the funniest lines I’ve ever heard…many I find myself repeating.”
“It’s a sexy play—it would have to be with a subtitle of ‘The Ultimate Seduction,’ and it deals with lust and gluttony as well as greed,” McMullen added.
“There was a regrettable attempt to make this serious yet funny play into a Hollywood romance starring Danny DeVito. The play is the real thing, and nothing like the cinematic version which dumbed down the very important argument that shows both sides of the question and leaves the audience debating who is justified,” said McMullen, who also directs the play.
“Other People’s Money” won critical acclaim as well as the Obie Best Play. Shattered Globe Theater in Chicago just produced it, attesting to its being topical. John Simon, the aggressive, super-critic of New York magazine, reviewed it as “Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing, and above all, expertly crafted...Epic grandeur and intimate titillation combined. It is the most stimulating kind of entertainment." New York Times reviewer Mel Gussow wrote that it, “…has a heart of iron which beats about the cannibalistic nature of big business.”
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“It’s a sexy play—it would have to be with a subtitle of ‘The Ultimate Seduction,’ and it deals with lust and gluttony as well as greed,” McMullen added.
“There was a regrettable attempt to make this serious yet funny play into a Hollywood romance starring Danny DeVito. The play is the real thing, and nothing like the cinematic version which dumbed down the very important argument that shows both sides of the question and leaves the audience debating who is justified,” said McMullen, who also directs the play.
“Other People’s Money” won critical acclaim as well as the Obie Best Play. Shattered Globe Theater in Chicago just produced it, attesting to its being topical. John Simon, the aggressive, super-critic of New York magazine, reviewed it as “Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing, and above all, expertly crafted...Epic grandeur and intimate titillation combined. It is the most stimulating kind of entertainment." New York Times reviewer Mel Gussow wrote that it, “…has a heart of iron which beats about the cannibalistic nature of big business.”
“Other People’s Money” is about corporate raiders and what seems to be the root of our financial problems,” said P.O.R.T. Producer John McMullen. “It won Best Off-Broadway Play for 1989, but it’s as relevant today. Coincidentally, TIME magazine featured Carl Icahn, the iconic corporate raider, on its cover in mid-December of last year. By the way, when it first performed in New York, Icahn attended and was quoted in his reaction to the play as saying, ‘Some of the funniest lines I’ve ever heard…many I find myself repeating.”
“It’s a sexy play—it would have to be with a subtitle of ‘The Ultimate Seduction,’ and it deals with lust and gluttony as well as greed,” McMullen added.
“There was a regrettable attempt to make this serious yet funny play into a Hollywood romance starring Danny DeVito. The play is the real thing, and nothing like the cinematic version which dumbed down the very important argument that shows both sides of the question and leaves the audience debating who is justified,” said McMullen, who also directs the play.
“Other People’s Money” won critical acclaim as well as the Obie Best Play. Shattered Globe Theater in Chicago just produced it, attesting to its being topical. John Simon, the aggressive, super-critic of New York magazine, reviewed it as “Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing, and above all, expertly crafted...Epic grandeur and intimate titillation combined. It is the most stimulating kind of entertainment." New York Times reviewer Mel Gussow wrote that it, “…has a heart of iron which beats about the cannibalistic nature of big business.”
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“It’s a sexy play—it would have to be with a subtitle of ‘The Ultimate Seduction,’ and it deals with lust and gluttony as well as greed,” McMullen added.
“There was a regrettable attempt to make this serious yet funny play into a Hollywood romance starring Danny DeVito. The play is the real thing, and nothing like the cinematic version which dumbed down the very important argument that shows both sides of the question and leaves the audience debating who is justified,” said McMullen, who also directs the play.
“Other People’s Money” won critical acclaim as well as the Obie Best Play. Shattered Globe Theater in Chicago just produced it, attesting to its being topical. John Simon, the aggressive, super-critic of New York magazine, reviewed it as “Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing, and above all, expertly crafted...Epic grandeur and intimate titillation combined. It is the most stimulating kind of entertainment." New York Times reviewer Mel Gussow wrote that it, “…has a heart of iron which beats about the cannibalistic nature of big business.”
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