The Farnsworth Invention
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 3, 2007
Closed Mar 2, 2008
Opened Dec 3, 2007
Closed Mar 2, 2008
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The turning point of the 20th century wasn't on television.
It was television.
It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?
The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing. Tony nominee Hank Azaria and newcomer Jimmi Simpson head the cast of this electrifying new drama, directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys).
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Music Box Theater
239 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
This theater was built in 1921 for the sole purpose of producing the works of Irving Berlin. He eventually learned to share this wonderful space with other New York artists. Some of the shows produced here include Once in a Lifetime, Dinner at Eigh [...] Read More
239 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
This theater was built in 1921 for the sole purpose of producing the works of Irving Berlin. He eventually learned to share this wonderful space with other New York artists. Some of the shows produced here include Once in a Lifetime, Dinner at Eigh [...] Read More
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The Farnsworth Invention
Engages both the mind and the heart in this intelligent tug-of-war between two socially challenged but brilliant men. Fast-paced. Talented ensemble.
Reviewed by PeggyRaeJohnson
on Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2008
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Obsession, we all know, can lead to madness, destruction, even death. But obsession, of a slightly healthier kind, can have its benefit -- a lesson we're reminded of in Aaron Sorkin's extremely involving new Broadway drama, The Farnsworth Invention, which is being given a highly accomplished and ultra-slick production by Tony Award winner Des McAnuff.
The obsession in question is the invention of television, which would not exist today without two men: Philo T. Farnsworth (Jimmi Simpson), a potato farmer's son, who first began exploring the possibility of transmitting moving pictures in the ninth grade, and David Sarnoff (Hank Azaria), a Russian immigrant whose mixture of shrewdness, stree[...]