The Lehman Trilogy Is Being Adapted for TV
The Lehman Trilogy, the play that chronicles nearly two centuries of the Lehman family's saga—from Mayer, Emanuel, and Henry's arrival in New York City in 1844, to the 2008 collapse of the financial institution they helped to build, is heading to the small.
Just a few weeks ago, the play took home five Tony Awards, including Best Play, Best Direction, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Leading Actor in a Play for Simon Russell Beale.
"This play was written as a hymn to the city of New York," playwright Ben Power, who adapted the English language version of Stefano Massini's original work, said in his acceptance speech. "To find ourselves on this stage, on this night, part of this community alongside fellow nominees of such breathtaking talent honestly feels like a miracle."
On the heels of the award ceremony, it was announced that The Lehman Trilogy will return to London for a 2023 West End performance run. And now, Variety reports the story is heading to TV as well, in a new series, which will be produced by Domenico Procacci’s Fandango and Lorenzo Mieli's The Apartment. (Notably, this is the same team as the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.)
Per Variety, in a statement, Mieli called The Lehman Trilogy "a marvelous and contemporary text" about the "intrinsic failures of a certain from of capitalism." The article seems to confirm reports from
A broadcaster or streaming platform has yet to be publicly attached to the project, but we'll continue to update here as additional information is announced.
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