"And yet it moves." Those four words, allegedly uttered under his breath by Galileo Galilei right after recanting his views on heliocentrism under threat by the Roman Inquisition, generally …
DISRUPTION 1633 It's intriguing but frustrating that Bertolt Brecht refuses to dramatize the most potentially powerful moment in The Life of Galileo. (It's like presenting Romeo and Juliet w…
Readers interested in early modern science, Renaissance studies, or Galileo will undoubtedly savor this trailblazing work of history.
Presenting Bertolt Brecht's play, Galileo, is a terrific feat for Director Christy Stanlake of The Masqueraders. It is a production, a spectacle, filled with color, light, and delight " and …
After holding a reading of his new rock musical GALILEO last fall, Danny Strong is at it again. FINDING NEVERLAND's Carolee Carmello just Tweeted photos from anotherreading -- this time with…
F. Murray Abraham defies the pope.
An unexpectedly upbeat Galileo Galilei is at the center of the Wilma's bright and appealing production, which is more comfortable than might be anticipated - for a play by Bertolt Brecht.
Director Julie Fei-Fan Balzer presents a brisk staging of Brecht's play that seems fearful of the language, as if aimed at the attention-deficient.
“Starry Messenger,” a one-act play by Ira Hauptman, revolves around Galileo’s trial in 1633 and the clash between science and religion.
Actor puts his faith in science and fumes when reason doesn't prevail
A Heretical Astronomer Rethinking His Revolution by ALLAN KOZINN
Philip Glass's 18th opera, which is notably fresher than his last few operas, presents Galileo's story in reverse chronology; it is the operatic equivalent of the film "Memento."
Things have come full circle for the actor, who will star in David Hare's version of "The Life of Galileo" at the Skirball Cultural Center.