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4 days ago · Stefano Massini’s The Lehman Trilogy is back in London’s West End for a third time since its initial run at the National Theatre in 2018. It is clear to see why this 5x Tony Award-winning play has garnered such international acclaim, for the writing, tone, pace, and direction are nothing short of exceptional.
5 days ago · Not, it would appear, something that seemed to bother director Sam Mendes or writer Stefano Massini (with an adaption by Ben Power). Welcome to the Lehman Brothers, three German Jewish immigrants who transformed an Alabama general store, into a cotton brokerage, to a bank and ultimately one of the world’s leading investment banks.
4 days ago · A play by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power, under the direction of Sam Mendes and West End direction of Rory McGregor; this three act play tells the story of the Lehman Brothers and how they built their firm from 1844 through 2008. The Lehman Trilogy makes its return to London’s West End until January at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
2 days ago · Whether it's The Irishman starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, the 2021 James Bond movie No Time to Die, or the epic science fiction film, Dune: Part Two, based on Frank Herbert's ...
5 days ago · There’s not much left to say about Stefano Massini’s genuinely brilliant (and subsequently, critically acclaimed) recount of the Jewish-German siblings that built one of the most powerful financial empires for years to come. So many have seen it.
5 days ago · Stefano Massini's play, adapted by Ben Power, never quite loses that vacuum at its centre, as it tells the story of The American Dream for the umpteenth time, sidestepping some inconvenient truths (also for the umpteenth time), while dialling up the disruptor as innovator trope and sacrificing analysis in favour of exposition.
5 days ago · The play, adapted by Ben Power from Stefano Massini’s original script, unfolds over three acts and begins during the financial crash of 2008, with a cleaner who is clearing items from the offices of the recently bankrupted Lehman Brothers. The cardboard-lidded boxes situated around the stage evoke the enduring real-life memories of Lehman Brothers employees leaving their workplace carrying ...
