Despite the hubbub over The Farnsworth Invention being Aaron Sorkin’s first big project since Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip closed down, the Broadway play’s sales have been dismal and producers announced that they’ll be tuning out on March 2. Produced by Steven Spielberg, the $4 million production arrived on Broadway during an unusually Read More
It’s not a good sign, perhaps, that the first show out of the gate after the Broadway strike, Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, should be about the discovery of theater’s mortal enemy, television. Worse: Mr. Sorkin (creator of The West Wing) has written the kind of pseudo-historical docudrama that would be perfect for television.
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Now that the Broadway strike is over, there’s going to be a mad rush for tickets and most of this weekend’s shows will be sold out. But throw some elbows and get a good spot on line for Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, which is opening on Monday, Dec. 3. It’s so Read More
With the stagehands strike now in its third day and the opening nights of Conor McPherson’s spooky romp The Seafarer and Aaron Sorkin’s buzzed-about The Farnsworth Invention quickly approaching, producers of those shows are contemplating rescheduling the official opening nights, according to Playbill.
"If the strike continues," a spokesperson for both shows told Read More
“The Farnsworth Invention is actually very complex with 150 characters at more than 50 locations,” said Des McAnuff, director of Aaron Sorkin’s new Broadway play The Farnsworth Invention, which opened to previews last night. Mr. McAnuff stood in jeans and a black suit coat lined with multi-colored pinstripes in front of a full house Read More
