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If you wish to find out, what all that cryptic jargon on the finance pages of the news paper really means; be sure to check out the staging of Burleigh Grimes. You will also find out about the myriad of eccentricities attached to the world of high finance and how their constituents dwell in them. So book your tickets early and get mesmerized in the play which many critics are terming as the best play of the season.

Set in a quirky world where ironically no bad deed goes unrewarded, the plot of Burleigh Grimes follows the life of George Radbourn (essayed by James Badge Dale), a fresh Wall Street newbie who initially doesn't recognize that his talented mentor, Burleigh Grimes (the pivotal role is brilliantly played by Mark Moses) uses questionable means. It seems that he may not be entirely sincere in true appearance or agenda. The play brings to light a hard-driving and strong stock market force in form of Grimes. He is essentially a relentless man of infinite calculation and numbers, thoroughly assisted in his various financial schemes by the beautiful media powerhouse Elizabeth Bigley whose role is wonderfully essayed by Wendie Malick. The newbie George struggles hard for survival under the dominant hand of Grimes' flexible and questionable business tactics. At the same time he has to deal with the imminent arrival of his longtime college sweetheart, the beautiful Grace Redding.

Her brief role is quite remarkable played by Ashley Williams who incidentally also has to face some quite difficult choices of her own. The play is an incredible comic brew containing myriad elements of sex, questionable ways of making money, rock & roll, fast convertible cars, champagne and exquisite cars, spit balls, and even grease balls, and various shiners of all financial kinds. The so prim and proper appearance of high flying Wall Street executives, acts as a veneer concealing their not so proper schemes of making money. The ethical dilemma of the new assistant is expressed in a comic manner which keeps the audience engrossed throughout the stretch of the play. Actually the play is so catchy that many in the audience keep thinking about the play even as they drive back home.

The play has many brilliant moments of boisterous comedy, though essentially most of the humor comes out directly from the scripts extremely clever plotting and dialogue. The plot is well constructed and very cohesive. So do book your tickets and be there with your friends and loved ones and enjoy the show. One thing is for sure is that there is not a single boring phase in the play and some supremely funny moments awaits you.