The Farnsworth Invention
Broadway Drama Previews
October 15 2007
Due to Open November 14 2007
Strike Hiatus November 10-27, 2007
Opened December 3 2007
Closed March 2 2008 Run
34 previews & 104 performances Producers
Dodger Properties, Steven Spielberg, Rabbit Ears
LLC
Creative
Aaron Sorkin author
Des McAnuff director
David C Woolard costume design
Howell Binkley lighting design
Klara Zieglerova scenic design
Walter Trarbach sound design
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Opening Night Cast |
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Hank Azaria |
David Sarnoff |
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Jimmi Simpson |
Philo T Farnsworth |
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Nadia Bowers |
Lizette Sarnoff
Mary Pickford |
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Kyle Fabel |
Penn's Father
Cliff Gardner |
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Maurice Godin |
Atkins
Walter Gifford
Douglas Fairbanks |
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Aaron Krohn |
Wilkins
Analyst |
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Christian McCarthy Johansen |
Young Philo T Farnsworth |
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Bruce McKenzie |
George Everson
Vladimir Zworykin |
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Malcolm Morano |
Young David Sarnoff |
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Spencer Moses |
Stan Willis |
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Michael Mulheren |
Leslie Gorrel |
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Jim Ortlieb |
Justin Tolman
Jim Harbord
Doctor |
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Michael Pemberton |
Sarnoff's Father
Simms
Lippincott
Houston Control |
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Katharine Powell |
Betty |
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Steve Rosen |
Harlan Honn
Radio Announcer
Lennox |
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James Sutorius |
Russian Officer
William Crocker |
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Margot White |
Sarnoff's Mother
Agnes Farnsworth
Mina Edison
Pem's Mother |
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Alexandra Wilson |
Pem Farnsworth |
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William Youmans |
Wachtel |
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Synopsis
Who invented television? That's
a question that doesn't really matter in this play, a conflated
retelling of the squabble between media powerhouse David Sarnoff and
bumpkin Philo T Farnsworth over who controls the rights to the
invention
The Road to Broadway
The Farnsworth Invention was
commissioned in 2004 to premiere at Dublin's Abbey Theater. Those
plans were scrapped in favor of a La Jolla Playhouse production
directed by Mr McAnuff from February through March 2007
In the Movies
The Farnsworth Invention
started out as a screenplay by Mr Sorkin. It was supposedly set to
be a Thomas Schlamme project for New Line Cinema sometime in 2005 or
thereafter. Nothing as yet |
