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"Enron" arrived in New York with a fistful of rave reviews from England where it was first done at the Chichester Festival Theatre last summer before transferring to London. With an intricate, high-tech set, special effects and a large cast of more than a dozen actors, the Broadway production, particularly without a star in the lead role, proved to be risky proposition. A hit show in London doesn't automatically guarantee a rosy Broadway reception, and the reverse is equally true. For example, New York successes such as "The Drowsy Chaperone" and "Spring Awakening" didn't make it in London, although such musicals as "Hairspray" and "Chicago" proved popular in both places. In 2007, "Coram Boy," a hit in England for London's National Theatre, died quickly in New York. The expensive melodrama filled with the music of Handel and adapted from a young-adult novel by Jamila Gavin, reportedly lost $6 million.
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