Brian Greene

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation And Sundance Institute Award Recipients For Science In Film Initiative
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2023

The Sundance Institute Science-in-Film initiative with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation celebrated this year's Feature Film Prize winner The Pod Generation directed by Sophie Barthes and the recipients of three artist grants for three projects in development at a reception following the Appetite for Construction panel at Filmmaker Lodge.

Meet the Cast of FLYING OVER SUNSET on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 11, 2021

Flying Over Sunset has returned to previews on Broadway! Learn more about the cast bringing the musical to life!

The Cosmic Shambles Network Presents STAY AT HOME FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 20, 2020

Having run The Stay At Home Festival successfully for over month, Robin Ince and the guys at The Cosmic Shambles Network have decided to up the online ante. They have invited some of their regular contributors and friends to put together a Stay At Home Festival curriculum.

Meet the Cast of FLYING OVER SUNSET - Now in Previews on Broadway!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 12, 2020

Flying Over Sunset is officially in previews on Broadway! The musical, with book and direction by James Lapine, music by Tom Kitt, and lyrics by Michael Korie, and choreography by Michelle Dorrance will open Thursday, April 16.

Physicist and Author Brian Greene is Coming to The Music Hall with UNTIL THE END OF TIME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2020

International bestselling author, world-renowned physicist, and host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning NOVA miniseries The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene comes to The Music Hall as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series on Thursday, February 20. He will discuss his highly anticipated new book, UNTIL THE END OF TIME, a breathtaking exploration of the cosmos and our quest to understand it. Greene takes readers on a journey across time, from our most refined understanding of the universe's beginning to the closest science can take us to the very end of the universe.

Quantum Theater Group & Wings Of Paper Theatre Co. Present CONSTELLATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 9, 2019

Quantum Theater Group is bringing Nick Payne's Constellations to the Mayfair Theatre in Philadelphia this August as their inaugural production.

BWW Review: Alley Theatre Designs Elegant Universe For CONSTELLATIONS
by Katricia Lang - May 21, 2019

Despite the labyrinthine theories at the heart of CONSTELLATIONS, Nick Payne has written an engaging play. It is not, as we say, 'challenging,' a word often used as a euphemism for 'hard to watch.' It's funny and sweet and sad and intense. You can't look away.

The 12th Annual World Science Festival Announces 2019 Programming
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2019

The World Science Festival has unveiled its 2019 program lineup, which presents many of the world's leading scientists, pioneers, artists, and influential thinkers - bringing science to life in imaginative ways throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Meany Center For The Performing Arts Announces The 2019/20 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2019

The University of Washington's Meany Center for the Performing Arts, under the leadership of Executive and Artistic Director Michelle Witt, announces its 2019/20 Season with a lineup of 23 adventurous and visionary artists from around the globe. One of the nation's leading university presenters, Meany Center brings artists of exceptional artistry and diverse perspectives to Seattle, providing extraordinary performances and unique learning experiences to both community and campus. The 2019/20 Season explores the theme of empathy in the arts and celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, an artist whose life and work resonates with the season's theme. The new season will also feature work by two Creative Research Fellows participating in the UW's Creative Fellowships Initiative, choreographer Brian Brooks and performance artist Daniel Alexander Jones.

Science Channel to Present EINSTEIN AND HAWKING: UNLOCKING THE UNIVERSE
by Kaitlin Milligan - Mar 1, 2019

Science Channel will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the passing of one the greatest scientific minds the world has ever known, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, with a two-hour special that explores his connection to Albert Einstein, and their enormous influence on our understanding of the Universe. Einstein's general theory of relativity laid the groundwork for much of modern physics, including Hawking's work on black holes and the Big Bang. Hawking's landmark best seller, A Brief History of Time, introduced these theories in layman's terms to a mass audience, catapulting Hawking to a level of science superstardom not seen since Einstein. EINSTEIN AND HAWKING: UNLOCKING THE UNIVERSE premieres Sunday, March 10 at 8pm ET/PT on Science Channel.

Michael Winther and Matt Baker Come to Birdland Theater
by Stephi Wild - Feb 10, 2019

A "first-rate singer of unusual refinement" with "a voice that traverses genres" (New York Times), Michael Winther, making his Birdland Theater solo debut, joins forces with award-winning jazz pianist, Matt Baker for a unique mix of classic, romantic standards and contemporary love songs as well as some discoveries from the contemporary musical theater - just in time for Valentine's Day!

Paula S. Apsell to Receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award
by Macon Prickett - Jul 24, 2018

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer of the multiple Emmy® Award winning series, NOVA, and Director of the WGBH Science Unit, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award at the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.  Apsell is being honored for her distinguished career of over four decades in science journalism, and for her 33 years at the helm of NOVA, PBS' premier science documentary series, produced at WGBH Boston. The award will be presented on Monday, October 1, 2018 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City.

10 on Tuesday with SOUTHERN GOTHIC's Michael McKeough
by Misha Davenport - Apr 17, 2018

10 on Tuesday with SOUTHERN GOTHIC's Michael McKeough

City Of Science Brings Scientific Exploration to Kids in The Bronx
by Julie Musbach - Feb 5, 2018

The World Science Festival and Con Edison are pleased to announce that City of Science, the touring mini-metropolis of mind-expanding demonstrations and hands-on activities for families, comes to the Bronx on Sunday, March 11.

CITY OF SCIENCE to Bring Exploration to Kids in All Five Boroughs of NYC
by BroadwayWorld JR - Nov 13, 2017

The World Science Festival and Con Edison have announced that City of Science, a buzzing mini-metropolis of mind-expanding demonstrations and hands-on activities for families, will travel to each of New York City's five boroughs, beginning December 10, 10am-4pm, at the Park Slope Armory YMCA in Brooklyn (361 15th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues).

Armitage Gone! Dance to Present HALLOWEEN UNLEASHED at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2017

The core of Armitage's work centers on a series of dance 'dreamscapes' that take the viewer on a poetic journey to evoke mysterious landscapes of reverie, dream and altered consciousness. Her latest work, Halloween Unleashed: Dancing Bones, Tasting Darkness and the Skeleton Within, is a subversive comedy designed to spook adults and families in a live action rendition of Disney's 1929 animated masterpiece, The Skeleton Dance. Combined with images from the wild, capricious street theater of Haitian carnival, Halloween Unleashed offers punk attitude and visual high-jinx, in a dance where bones dance alone, shoes fly off feet, and skeletons turn into musical instruments.

Armitage Gone! Dance to Present HALLOWEEN UNLEASHED at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2017

The core of Armitage's work centers on a series of dance 'dreamscapes' that take the viewer on a poetic journey to evoke mysterious landscapes of reverie, dream and altered consciousness. Her latest work, Halloween Unleashed: Dancing Bones, Tasting Darkness and the Skeleton Within, is a subversive comedy designed to spook adults and families in a live action rendition of Disney's 1929 animated masterpiece, The Skeleton Dance. Combined with images from the wild, capricious street theater of Haitian carnival, Halloween Unleashed offers punk attitude and visual high-jinx, in a dance where bones dance alone, shoes fly off feet, and skeletons turn into musical instruments.

Tina Fey, Bill Nye, Ellen Burstyn and More Join 10th Anniversary World Science Festival Lineup
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2017

The World Science Festival has announced complete programming for the  10th anniversary Festival, which will bring science to the crossroads of the world, Times Square, and to locations across the five boroughs of New York City, with more than 50 events, May 30 - June 4, 2017.

National Geographic's 6-Part Series YEAR MILLION Paints Stunning Picture of Life in the Future
by Caryn Robbins - May 16, 2017

Narrated by Laurence YEAR MILLION unites the brightest minds in science, technology and science fiction and is a stark, fact-based response to the future anticipated within today's popular sci-fi films and TV series.

World Science Festival Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Festival with TIME, CREATIVITY, AND THE COSMOS, 5/30
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2017

The World Science Foundation is pleased to announce that David Draiman, lead singer of iconic hard rock band Disturbed, will perform in the opening event of the 2017 World Science Festival, Time, Creativity, and the Cosmos, a multimedia work celebrating the human spirit of exploration, discovery, and creativity.