Einstein and Mileva
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 18, 2011
Closed Sep 3, 2011
Opened Aug 18, 2011
Closed Sep 3, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 15min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 15min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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Einstein and Mileva tells the story of acclaimed physicist, Albert Einstein, and his first wife, scientist Mileva Maric; the early struggles of his career, the battles within, and a family secret covered for nearly 40 years that ultimately tore them apart. Following Einstein through his years with The Olympia Academy, playwright Caitlin Shannon shares the story of a man lost in his own genius and the wife that gave up everything to see him succeed.
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The Albert Einstein presented in Caitlin Shannon's Einstein and Mileva, now at the Clurman Theatre, isn't the unruly-haired genius chugging around Princeton University in later years. The idea here -- perhaps persuasive on paper but less so as fleshed out on stage -- is to show the great man during his initial years of marriage, and, by doing so, demonstrate that even a man who changed the way the world sees itself isn't an unmitigated hero to the people he loves.
Indeed, Einstein (Gregory Lay) -- to whom Mileva (Sarah Manton) refers to as "a stone" -- is so preoccupied with developing his theories in hours-long discussions with academic pals Conrad Habicht (Sid Solomon) and Maurice S[...]