Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn’s cerebral drama of science and conscience returns with urgency – although this production struggles to ignite its emotional core Paapa Essiedu recently spoke of reviv…

We've all fudged a little...right? 🫣 HEISENBERG (2015) by Simon Stephens New York City Center (Stage II)

It’s a truism that, as one gets older, time seems to move more quickly. One is more aware of the sound of the ticking clock of mortality, and the myriad of possible futures one idly contemplated in youth grad…

The Drama Desk, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning artist's Broadway work included Cinderella, How I Learned to Drive, and Heisenberg.

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Hamilton Enters the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress The original Broadway cast album of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-wi…

After more than 40 years as a stage and television actor, he broke through in “Heisenberg” as a butcher who has a romance with a much younger woman.

Interview: Katharine Farmer is set to bring a fresh perspective to Simon Stephens' Heisenberg at Arcola Theatre

Mr. Arndt starred in Simon Stephens' Heisenberg on Broadway in 2016.

Denis Ardnt, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Heisenberg on Broadway, has passed away at the age of 86. He made his Broadway debut in the Tony nominated role at 77. 

Arcola Theatre is set to present Heisenberg, a queer reimagining of Simon Stephens' story of love, identity, and human connection

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The company met the press just yesterday and BroadwayWorld was on hand to check in with the company!

British writer Simon Stephens’ 2015 two-hander references physicist Werner Heisenberg’s 1927 discovery that it is impossible for an observer to precisely discern both the position and velocity of a particle…

Simon Stephens’s play Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle is set up as a classic story of culture clash: a quirky, talkative woman from New Jersey strikes up a conversation with a reserved Londoner in a tra…

People often end up marrying somebody they meet by chance, say on a train or a park bench, and they then spend years wondering whether the encounter was really random at all.

There is a delightful irony to Heisenberg, GableStage’s enthralling play about uncertainty: When you leave it, you’re not quite sure what it was really about. The reward is you can debate it in the car ride…

In a radical departure from his usual intellectually esoteric style, Tom Stoppard’s new play is an intensely personal family drama. “Leopoldstadt,” which takes its name from the Jewish quarter of Vienna, …

By: Samuel L. Leiter September 9, 2022: String theory, M theory, the Big Bang, quantum theory, gravity. thermodynamics, waves, electrons, protons, subatomic particles, parallel universes, relativity, Schrö…

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"It's rare to encounter the kind of breathless silence I experienced during the unforgettable revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive." - Maya Phillips, The New York Times Read more or buy tickets at h…

Did you miss last week’s opening of How I Learned to Drive? We’ve got you covered, with an inside look back on that star-filled evening! For tickets, visit HowILearnedToDrive.com #linkinbio #HowILearnedToD…

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Listen to the cast and creative team share the new perspectives they bring to Paula Vogel’s masterpiece, more than 25 years since its original premiere. Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Johanna Day, Alyssa Ma…

How I Learned to Drive arrives on Broadway at last! Listen as the cast and creative team share their excitement for returning to this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Johann…

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By: David Sheward November 6, 2021: The content of Simon Stephens’ Morning Sun is not extraordinary, earth-shaking, or even that unusual. He seems to be aiming for a portrait of universal humanity through …

I like “Morning Sun,” which stars these three amazing actresses Edie Falco, Blair Brown and Marin Ireland, and I also hate it. Maybe that is a metaphorically apt reaction to this latest play by Simon Stephe…

Commissioned by MTC as part of the Bank of America New Play Program, the world premiere of Morning Sun by Tony Award-winning English playwright Simon Stephens (Sea Wall; Heisenberg; The Curious Incident of the…

Blair Brown (Copenhagen, 'Orange Is the New Black'), Edie Falco ('The Sopranos,' Frankie and Johnny...), and Marin Ireland (Reasons to Be Pretty) form a powerhouse trio of stars in this deeply felt, gorge…

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/MorningSunMTC Watch as the whole company explains what the new play is about and how they were getting it ready for opening night. Manhattan Theatre Club's wo…

One woman. Her mother. Her daughter. A portrait of an entire life in the light of New York City. Now in Performances at New York City Center. Read more or buy tickets at http://www.MorningSunPlay.com ------…

A baker's dozen of promising productions, including two new musicals, a starry comedy and the return of an old favorite --- Everyone is well aware that Broadway is open for business. But so are stages beyond Br…

One woman. Her mother. Her daughter. A portrait of an entired life in the light of New York City. Read more or buy tickets at http://www.MorningSunPlay.com ---------------------------------------------- …

Theatre Royal BathUncertainty reigns supreme in a fast and fluid revival of Michael Frayn’s resonant, if sometimes impenetrable, play Rehearsals for this revival of Michael Frayn’s award-winning 1998 play b…

“The theatre is a device for empathy – its job is to create better people.” Those are the words of Simon Stephens, one of Britain’s foremost, contemporary dramatists. His plays include Heisenberg, Birdl…

Stage-and-screen star Anne-Marie Duff has been cast in the lead role of Constance in Beth Steel's forthcoming world premiere drama The House of Shades. Blanche McIntyre will direct the London production, set to…

Michael Frayn’s Geniuses Collide over Nuclear Ethics by Patricia L. Morin Director Bruce Coughran demonstrates his mastery of language and movement, as his powerful cast of three encircle the tiny boardwalk s…

The Tony and Emmy-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, who last starred on Broadway in the two-character play “Heisenberg” in 2016, returned in another two-hander play “The Sound Inside,” which opened at…

The Sound Inside, a new play by Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp, officially opens on October 17 at Studio 54. Tony-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker stars in the production, directed by Tony winner David Cromer, w…

Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award winner Mary-Louise Parker is in high demand on Broadway. She made her stand-out debut in Prelude to a Kiss, won the Tony for Proof, and was most recently acclaimed for her per…

Tony-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker returns to the Great White Way on September 14, headlining Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp's new play The Sound Inside. Tony winner David Cromer directs the New York premie…

Like this month's Mr. Broadway, Ms. Broadway September 2019 has amassed an impressive, critically-acclaimed, award-winning resume of acting credits. She is remarkable in every media, of course, but how fortunat…

Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp's drama The Sound Inside at Studio 54. Tony winner David Cromer will direct the production, set to begin previews on September 1…

Mary-Louise Parker is returning to the Great White Way. The Tony- and Emmy-winning actress will headline The Sound Inside, a new play by Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp, who will make his Broadway debut with this…

Mary-Louise Parker is heading back to Broadway! This fall, the Tony, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner will star in the Broadway premiere of The Sound Inside, a new play written by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter) and …

As Simon Stephens’ 2015 play Heisenberg opens, a 75-year-old Irish butcher named Alex Priest is sitting in a London Underground station, listening to music on his iPhone. Without warning, Georgie Burns, a w…

A chance encounter in a public place is the inciting incident that launches Simon Stephens’ play Heisenberg.  Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, an

London's Donmar Warehouse has announced a new staging of the classic musical Sweet Charity headlined by West End star Anne-Marie Duff. Artistic Director Josie Rourke will helm the production, featuring chor…

With notes at the top of his work Heisenberg, playwright Simon Stephens gives undecorated, clear direction to theater companies for his expectations when producing the play: The present day. The stage should b…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time playwright Simon Stephens’s two-person play, Heisenberg, is far from your typical love story. When Georgie (Rachel Zampelli), a 40ish American expat firs…

“Heisenberg,” the play written by Simon Stephens, might be named for German physicist Werner Heisenberg and his uncertainty principle, but there is one certainty in the show running in Signature’s…

Simon Stephens’s play takes the quantum- mechanics principle beyond literary cliche.

Simon Stephens’ Heisenberg, now playing at Signature Theatre, begins with two souls in hiding. Georgie Burns (Rachel Zampelli) hides whatever pains and losses she has suffered behind her frenetic energy: torr…

Minerva, Chichester History, morality and quantum mechanics collide in Michael Blakemore’s storming revival of a modern classicMore information has come to light, since Michael Frayn’s play premiered in 199…

Tue, September 18 thru Sun, November 11 @ Signature Theatre, presented by Signature Theatre -- A chance encounter at a London train stop changes the course of life for two people in this hit Broadway play by To…

Tony nominee Denis Arndt has joined the company of the upcoming Broadway premiere of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men. Anna D. Shapiro directs the production, which begins previews on June 29 at t…

Denis Arndt, Tony-nominee for his performance in the Broadway production of Heisenberg, has joined the cast of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men. Arndt, who replaces Tom Skerritt who has departed the produc…

Tony Award nominee DENIS ARNDT Heisenberg has joined the company of the Broadway production of Young Jean Lee's dark comedy, STRAIGHT WHITE MENdirected by Anna D. Shapiro. Mr. Arndt will perform the role of Ed,…

The Heisenberg Tony nominee steps in before performances begin June 29.

Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre has announced a variety of new productions for its 2018-2019 season. Highlights include Blackbeard, a world premiere musical created by Dana P. Rowe and The Pirate Qu…

Simon Stephens’ Science of the Human Heart by Kim Waldron Riding on the London subway, a young woman impulsively kisses a much older man on the neck. Can he trust her? Can we trust them? Simon Stephen’s �…

Heisenberg, n. (1) Werner Heisenberg (1901-76), a theoretical physicist. (2) A 2015 play by Simon Stephens now at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. (3) Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, that thing th…

by Stephen Sachs In quantum mechanics, the observer effect is the theory that observing a particle  changes the particle being observed. Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle determined that the ac…

“Heisenberg” is a play that’s all about romantic chemistry, but with a title about a physics theory — the same one that gave “Breaking Bad’s” Walter White his alias ... well, let’s just stick wi…

The Berkshires theatre festival will run May–October.

Andrew Garfield, the acclaimed actor who is poised to reprise his London performance in Angels in America on Broadway, was among those honored with Evening Standard Awards on December 3 at Theatr…

You can’t quite tell where Heisenberg is going to go from scene to scene – and that’s part of the play’s appeal

American Georgie, who’s 42, and Irish-born Alex, who’s 75, creep into the realm of stereotype.

Enough of stories about men getting women half their age, it is time to redress the balance. Stronger roles for older women, a reappraisal of the sexual dynamic that dominates the cultural discourse.

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis artistic director Steven Woolf makes no secret of his love for plays that deal with physics: “Copenhagen,” “Constellations,” the extraordinary “Humble Boy.”

Our staff picks the best things to do this week — with a look ahead.

Award-winning director Marianne Elliott reunites with playwright Simon Stephens, and the creative team from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, for the UK premiere of HEISENBERG THE UNCERTAINTY P…

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.