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Those are all heavy things, and difficult to carry.
How can a show bear up under them for so long?
The trio arent just Lehmans, actually.
Director Sam Mendes builds a gleaming production around them, as though hes setting jewels.
The rare chance to see just one of these men perform is worth the price of admission.
BeforeThe Lehman Trilogywas a play, it was a poem.
He shakes a little.
Even as the three catapult along the scripts timeline, they never change their clothes.
The show hasnt just promised loveliness, though.
Still, as a piece of stagecraft, the show is a symphony of theatermakers working at their pinnacle.
The music box spins on and on.
So Lehmans ultimate collapse becomes a whisper, not a cry.
We have already gone through a process of detachment; we have already let go.
The Lehman Trilogyis at the Nederlander Theatre.
