Lehman Brothers
Defunct American financial services firm
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| September 24 2024 | The production returned to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London's West End for a limited run, continuing until 5 January 2025, with the same main cast as the International tour. |
| May 2024 | The production toured to San Francisco at the American Conservatory Theater, with John Heffernan replacing Adrian Schiller, who died in April 2024. |
| February 2024 | International tour began performances at The Theatre Royal, Sydney, featuring Adrian Schiller, Aaron Krohn, and Howard W. Overshown. |
| 2023 | A West End revival and International Tour of the play occurred, featuring Michael Balogun and Howard W. Overshown among the performers. |
| January 14 2023 | The production returned to London's West End at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, running until 20 May 2023, starring Nigel Lindsay, Michael Balogun, and Hadley Fraser. |
| 2022 | The Broadway production won multiple awards, including Drama League Awards for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Broadway Play, Outstanding Director (Sam Mendes), Outstanding Actor (Simon Russell Beale), Outstanding Lighting Design, Outstanding Sound Design, and Outstanding Video/Projection Design. The play also won Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Actor (Simon Russell Beale), Best Direction (Sam Mendes), Best Scenic Design, and Best Lighting Design. |
| 2022 | The play moved to Los Angeles, maintaining its innovative staging with three actors playing multiple roles across the Lehman family history. |
| September 28 2022 | Lehman Brothers brokerage unit completed its liquidation process after paying over $115 billion to customers and creditors over 14 years. |
| March 3 2022 | The National Theatre production appeared at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, running through 10 April 2022, starring Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale, and Howard W. Overshown. |
| January 2 2022 | The Broadway production concluded its final performance. |
| 2021 | The play continued its Broadway run, with John Heffernan, Adrian Lester, and Aaron Krohn performing the roles of the Lehman brothers. |
| 2021 | The Lehman Trilogy won five Tony Awards, including Best Play, Best Direction of a Play for Sam Mendes, and Best Actor in a Play for Simon Russell Beale. |
| September 25 2021 | Broadway previews resumed, with Adam Godley and Simon Russell Beale returning, and Adrian Lester replacing Ben Miles. |
| 2020 | The novel was translated into English by Richard Dixon and published as 'The Lehman Trilogy'. |
| March 26 2020 | Official Broadway opening was planned, but was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 7 2020 | Broadway previews at the Nederlander Theatre were set to begin, with Adam Godley, Ben Miles, and Simon Russell Beale set to perform. |
| 2019 | The original London production received multiple Laurence Olivier Award nominations, including Best New Play, Best Actor (for Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Ben Miles), Best Director (Sam Mendes), Best Set Design (Es Devlin), and Best Sound Design (Nick Powell and Dominic Bilkey). |
| 2019 | The play expanded to Off-Broadway and West End productions, with the same core cast continuing to portray the Lehman brothers and multiple family characters. |
| 2019 | Showtime comedy series 'Black Monday' features a fictionalized version of Lehman Brothers with characters Larry & Lenny Leighman. |
| May 11 2019 | The production returned to London's West End at the Piccadilly Theatre for a limited twelve-week run, which was later extended, ending on 31 August 2019. |
| March 22 2019 | The National Theatre production transferred to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, running until 20 April 2019. |
| 2018 | The play was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play. |
| 2018 | English translation of 'The Lehman Trilogy' produced at the National Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes and featuring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Ben Miles. The production earned five Laurence Olivier Award nominations. |
| July 12 2018 | The play made its English debut at the National Theatre in London's Lyttelton Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes and translated by Mirella Cheeseman, running until 20 October 2018. |
| 2016 | The play's story was developed into a novel, originally published in Italian under the title 'Qualcosa sui Lehman'. |
| 2016 | Imbolo Mbue's novel 'Behold the Dreamers' features a character who is a chauffeur for a Lehman Brothers executive. |
| 2015 | Luca Ronconi directed the Italian premiere of The Lehman Trilogy at Piccolo Teatro in Milan. |
| 2015 | The film 'The Big Short' depicts scenes of the Lehman Brothers offices after its bankruptcy. |
| 2011 | HBO film 'Too Big to Fail' recounts the days surrounding Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy and its subsequent fallout. |
| 2011 | Multiple cultural works reference Lehman Brothers, including the drama film 'Margin Call', HBO film 'Too Big to Fail', and comedy film 'Horrible Bosses'. |
| October 2011 | Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. administrators lost an appeal to overturn a court order requiring payment of £148 million into their underfunded pensions plan. |
| March 16 2011 | Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. announces it will seek creditor approval of its reorganization plan by October 14, with a confirmation hearing to follow on November 17. |
| 2010 | Animated film 'Despicable Me' references Lehman Brothers with a Bank of Evil scene featuring a sign reading 'Formerly Lehman Brothers'. |
| March 11 2010 | Anton R. Valukas, a court-appointed examiner, published a year-long investigation revealing Lehman Brothers used 'repo 105' accounting procedure to temporarily exchange $50 billion of assets into cash before publishing financial statements, potentially implicating Ernst & Young and former CEO Richard S. Fuld, Jr. |
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