Steven Skybell, Joshua David Robinson
WBUR Review
"A PROVOCATIVE 'THE LEHMAN TRILOGY' AT THE HUNTINGTON — AMASSING A FORTUNE, BUT AT WHAT PRICE?
by Jacquinn Sinclair
"The brothers continue to climb up the ladder, marrying, having children, amassing more money and dying. As time goes on in this tale powerfully directed by Carey Perloff, the Lehman brothers’ acumen wanes with age, and the next generation takes over."
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
2023
SELECTED REVIEWS
Joshua David Robinson, Steven Skybell, Firdous Bamji
Boston Globe Review
IN ‘THE LEHMAN TRILOGY,’ THE ARC OF A DOOMED EMPIRE
by Don Aucoin Globe Staff
"Lehman Brothers fashions itself into an investment bank (television, weapons manufacturers, the oil industry), and, ultimately and disastrously, as a major player in the subprime mortgage lending market. That ended with declaration of bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers in 2008 that helped trigger a financial crisis that led to the Great Recession.
After earlier productions of “The Lehman Trilogy” were criticized for largely sidestepping the issue of slavery, certain lines were reportedly added to the Broadway version. In the Huntington production, a physician says, after the South has lost the Civil War: “Surely you knew it could not last, Mr. Mayer? Everything that was built here was built on a crime. The roots run so deep you cannot see them, but the ground beneath our feet is poisoned...."
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, Steven Skybell, Firdous Bamji
Review of The Lehman Trilogy
in Stage and Cinema
AMAZING THEATER? BANK ON IT
"...Steven Skybell (Henry Lehman), Joshua David Robinson (Emanuel Lehman), and Firdous Bamji (Mayer Lehman) absolutely stunned in the the first American-made production of The Lehman Trilogy, which opened at The Huntington last week. They slipped in and out of multiple roles, including babies, toddlers, men of diverse ethnic and regional backgrounds, and numerous women, with nary a change of costume or makeup but purely through accents, rhythm of speech, and gestures. This is what we call “acting,” and under Carey Perloff’s stunning direction, Stefano Massini’s phenomenal play (English adaptation by Ben Power) brought us beautifully executed examples of that art...."
Nominated for
Outstanding Production, Large Theater
“The Lehman Trilogy”
The Huntington
Nominated for
Outstanding Direction, Large Theater
Carey Perloff, “The Lehman Trilogy”
The Huntington