The Lehman Trilogy

by dramatist Stefano Massini

The Lehman Trilogy is a three-act play by Italian dramatist Stefano Massini. A history of Lehman Brothers, it was originally conceived as a radio play and it was first aired on Rai Radio 3 on November 26, 2012. Massini developed the radio version into a full-length play, which opened at Comédie de Saint-Étienne in Saint-Étienne in a French translation. In 2015 Luca Ronconi directed the Italian premiere, at Piccolo Teatro in Milan. The play was eventually translated into 11 languages and staged in several cities across Europe.

The play ran at the West End Piccadilly Theatre starting on 11 May 2019 for a limited twelve week run, which was extended for another 4 weeks, ending on 31 August 2019. The play has been highly praised by critics for the successful adaptation that both preserves the essence, the poetic language of the original play and makes it more succinct; the elegant, well-paced direction that narrates with simplicity, depth and richness; and the superb, versatile acting of the cast, who seem to metamorphose at will with the characters they put on.

The Lehman Trilogy

Nederlander Theatre on Broadway

First Preview 07, Mar 2020

Opening Night 26, Mar 2020

Closing Night 28, Jun 2020

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Cast

Simon Russell Beale - Henry Lehman
Adam Godley- Mayer Lehman
Ben Miles- Emanuel Lehman

Creative

Produced by The National Theatre, Neal Street Productions, Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen
Written by Stefano Massini
Adapted by Ben Power
Composer: Nick Powell
Musical Director: Candida Caldicot
Directed by Sam Mendes
Associate Director: Zoé Ford Burnett
Scenic Design by Es Devlin
Costume Design by Katrina Lindsay
Lighting Design by Jon Clark
Video Design by Luke Halls
Sound Design by Nick Powell
Co-Sound Design by Dominic Bilkey

Nederlander Theatre

The David T. Nederlander Theatre (formerly the Billy Rose Theatre and National Theatre, commonly shortened to the Nederlander Theatre) is a 1,232-seat Broadway theatre located at 208 West 41st Street, in New York City. One of the Nederlander Organization’s nine Broadway theatres, the legacy of the theatre began with David Tobias Nederlander, for whom the theatre is named. The theater holds the distinction of being the southernmost theater in the theater district.The commonly held history is that the theatre was built by Walter C. Jordan in 1921, the theatre was originally named the National Theatre and could seat 1,200 people when it first opened.[1] It was renamed the Billy Rose Theatre in 1959, and in 1979 was very briefly renamed the Trafalgar Theatre; it became the David T. Nederlander Theatre in 1980.

The Lehman Trilogy