The day I saw the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s extraordinary production of The Lehman Trilogy, the stock market plummeted nearly 750 points. The rags-to-riches-to-bankruptcy history of three ambitious Jewish immigrant brothers looked like it was threatening to repeat itself. Still, as we fasten our seatbelts in preparation for what might be another sustained economic crisis, we … [Read more...]
Maltz banks on absorbing drama with ‘Lehman Trilogy’
Where were you in 2008? Do you remember those rocky days when the stock market imploded, led by the collapse of the powerful Lehman Brothers investment firm? As painful as that might have been for you, it is a story worth hearing again, as told in the epic Tony Award-winning play, The Lehman Trilogy. It traces the emigration of a trio of German brothers — Henry, Emanuel and … [Read more...]
At GableStage: Absorbing ‘Lehman Trilogy’ is a triumph for its actors, company
It all begins unassumingly with a purchase and sale of cotton. That is how three immigrant brothers — German Jews Henry. Emanuel and Mayer Lehman — arrive in the United States penniless in the 1840s and build a renowned investment empire. Collectively known as Lehman Brothers, their business model evolved from commodities trading to pure finance, money making … [Read more...]