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Breaking Baz: Sam Mendes Tony-Award Winning ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Makes Fourth Return To London Stage After Hit Drama Plays To Half A Million Worldwide Audience
Sam Mendes Acclaimed ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Makes Fourth Return To London Stage
That includes a transfer from the NT to the West End’s Piccadilly Theatre, with original stars Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles; an Off-Broadway run at the Park Armory, followed by a production on Broadway that was shut after four preview performances because of the coronavirus pandemic. When it played the Gilllian Lynne last year, John Kerry, then President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy, was seated in front of me, engrossed as thespians Michael Balalogun, Hadley Fraser, and Nigel Lindsay brought the Lehman siblings and 160 other characters to life in a feat of theatrical magic. Using a literal English translation by Marella Cheeseman, Ben Powers, commissioned by Neal Street, penned a new version of Massini’s play, with Mendes giving it directorial heft and structure.
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