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Junk bond kings take center stage in a new play

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

Oct 5, 2017

In Ayad Akhtar's new play "Junk," he tackles the precarious financial world of the 1980s.

Playwright Ayad Akhtar (foreground) and director Doug Hughes (background) in rehearsals for Lincoln Center Theater's JUNK. The new play examines the dark side of Wall Street in the 1980s.

Photo courtesy of T. Charles Erickson

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