‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Broadway Review: An Empire Rises, Falls And Inspires A Masterpiece
Directed with astonishing grace and ingenuity by Sam Mendes, the Stefano Masinni play, adapted by Ben Power and based on Masinni’s novel, is maybe the single most effective display of imaginative theatrical storytelling since Angels in America landed on Broadway in 1993, a comparison brought to mind by their shared ambition, breadth of style and substance, and deep delight in the inventiveness that transforms everything on stage into a spellbinding demonstration of theater’s possibilities.
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‘The Lehman Trilogy’: Soulless and Expensive Children’s Theatre for Adults
Soulless and expensive―that’s the best way to describe the Broadway debut of The Lehman Trilogy at the David T. Nederlander Theatre. But then, what else should one expect from a 3 hour and 15-minute long theatrical-ish spectacle devoted to the history of one of the world’s largest financial firms? Es Devlin’s austere corporate office design […]
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‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ Falters and It Should Be Allowed To
Very few pieces of contemporary art show us Black men who are alive, on the “right” side of the law, and (in their own ways) thriving. ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, and written by Keenan Scott II, does. Performed by seven phenomenal actors, the play centers on a cross-section […]
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