Lehman Trilogy Returns Tonight!

Having seen this show from the last row of the Armory in April, I caught the NT Live screening at a sold out cinema on Manhattan's east side last night. Curiously enough, it somehow felt more epic in scale, more over powering, from the top of the Armory than it did on a large screen. Apart from that, my reaction to the show's substance is largely unchanged. The first act is spectacular, the second act is very good...the third act falls apart. The last 30 minutes are weak.



I don't think the show can, or should, contemplate an extended Broadway run. But what I would love to see is a staged translation of the complete Italian original.

Telegram Spam said: "part from that, my reaction to the show's substance is largely unchanged. The first act is spectacular, the second act is very good...the third act falls apart. The last 30 minutes are weak.
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I thought the first act was good, but overlong.

2nd act was perfect.

3rd act was pretty perfect.

The Lehman's weren't really involved in the last act, so even though it was maybe a little patchy, they couldn't have really done it in any other way. It was slightly confusing though.

The use of the screens in the 3rd act was brilliant and more than made up for the lack of cohesion in the writing.