Play charts epic rise and fall of Lehman Brothers

For one month only, the original Lehman Brothers have returned to New York City, and they have lots to say about the virtues and vices of American capitalism. Henry, Emanuel and Mayer Lehman are at the center of "The Lehman Trilogy," a play that chronicles how a trio of Jewish immigrant brothers from Germany and their sons grew Lehman Brothers from a tiny cotton broker in Alabama into global financial juggernaut. The firm survived the Civil War, the 1929 stock market crash and other crises before imploding spectacularly in 2008 to spark the global financial crisis. The play, which debuted in Paris in 2013 and has played in various incarnations throughout Europe, made its U.S...

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