"ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME" Plays the World Science Festival, 6/6

ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME is part of this year's World Science Festival and will play on Sunday, June 6 at 6:00pm at the NYU Skirball Center (566 LaGuardia Place, Manhattan).

Having premiered at Lincoln Center at the World Science Festival's opening gala, ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME is a 40-minute piece featuring original music by Philip Glass, film created and directed by visual artists Al and Al, and a script adapted by Brian Greene and David Henry Hwang and live narration by Liev Schreiber.

ICARUS is a futuristic re-imagining of the Greek myth in which a boy travels not to the sun but to a black hole, and in so doing poignantly dramatizes one of Einstein's greatest insights.

ICARUS AT THE EDGE OF TIME is commissioned and co-produced by the World Science Festival (New York) and Southbank Centre (London) with The Royal Society. Co-commissioned by Associazione Festival della Scienza, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Glasgow's Concert Halls.

The World Science Festival features 40 unique programs in scientific disciplines ranging from astronomy, physics and genetics to neuroscience, robotics and mathematics. For more information on the Festival and a full list of programs, go to www.worldsciencefestival.com.

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