Pat and Rick on The Lehman Trilogy
One of my favorite things I’ve written is a review of the show Mac Beth that was produced by ACT in 2018. The title of the play separated “Macbeth” into two words. So, in my review, I separated my own name into two, Pat and Rick, and wrote the review as a dialogue with myself. Here I go again on my own. This time, it’s about The Lehman Trilogy, no longer playing at ACT, but still on stage somewhere. Pat : We’ve seen some good stuff recently. Rick : I’d say so, but the one I can’t get out of my mind is The Lehman Trilogy at ACT. Pat : Why’s that? Good or bad? Rick : I still don’t know what to make of it. Pat : Well, the acting was great. The set and all the effects were mesmerizing. I mean, one of our favorite things – Rick : Raindrops on kittens? Pat : No, not that. The economical use of the physical space, turning a problem into an opportunity, a bug into a feature as they say. Rick : And that was? Pat : The props. How the set was raised about two-and-a-half feet off the floor o