Rory McGregor ’17 Assistant Directs ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ on Broadway

Alumnus Rory McGregor ’17 is assisting Academy and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes in his production of The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway this season.

The Lehman Trilogy will only host 99 total performances. Previously performed in London at The National Theatre, the Park Avenue Armory, and West End, the production has made its way to New York’s Nederlander Theatre. Written by Stefano Massini and adapted by Ben Power, the play takes place in 1844 New York. Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester play three generations of the Lehman family. Over the course of 163 years, the play documents the Lehman brothers' dream, their business, and the bankruptcy of their firm which catapults the largest financial crisis in American history.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times hails it as a “genuinely epic production.” He says, “[The play] is the miracle of three men, on a nearly naked stage, resurrecting vanished lives and worlds, leaving an oddly indelible afterglow in that final fade into darkness.” The New York Post also states, “You dare not miss it. Do anything you can to get a ticket.”

The Lehman Trilogy runs on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre from September 25, 2021 to January 2, 2022.