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Burleigh Grimes, a musical comedy about Wall Street, opens today off Broadway.

The show features music from (the very brillant) David Yazbek and stars Wendie Malick (Nina from Just Shoot Me), Mark Moses (Paul Young from Desperate Housewives) and James Badge Dale (Chase Edmunds from 24)

Set in a world where no bad deed goes unrewarded, BURLEIGH GRIME$ follows George Radbourn (James Badge Dale), a Wall Street newbie who doesn't recognize that his mentor, Burleigh Grimes (Mark Moses), may not be entirely sincere in appearance or agenda. A hard-driving stock market force, Grimes is a relentless man of infinite calculation, further assisted in his financial schemes by media powerhouse Elizabeth Bigley (Wendie Malick).

In an arena where the naive and sentimental face ruin, George struggles for survival under the hand of Grimes' flexible business tactics, while also dealing with the arrival of his college sweetheart, Grace Redding (Ashley Williams), who will soon have to face some difficult choices of her own.

That's not all. Guess who else shows up?

The production also features a series of specially scripted guest video cameos by Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money."

And here I was worried that Cramer was going to go Hollywood!

Burleigh Grimes is playing at New World Stages/Stage 3, 340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.

Posted by edelfenbein at June 13, 2006 7:18 AM