SciFri Radio: Theatre
SciFri Radio: High-Tech Opera Features Robots as Stars
Composer Tod Machover melds music and technology in his new opera Death and the Powers.
SciFri Radio: 'Photograph 51' Play
A theatrical performance takes on the story of the double helix, Watson, Crick, and Rosalind Franklin.
SciFri Radio: New Play Lays Lenin to Rest
A new play looks at two scientists charged, on Stalin's orders, with a serious task -- finding a way to preserve Lenin's corpse for posterity.
SciFri Radio: One-Woman Show Presents Voices of the Health Care Debate
We talk with Anna Deavere Smith about her one-woman show that gives a voice to patients and doctors around the country.
SciFri Radio: 'End Days' Play
Ira talks with the playwright behind End Days, a play featuring physics, religion, young love, and Stephen Hawking.
SciFri Radio: Dr. Atomic Opera
Ira talks with the composer, the director, and the lead of the opera 'Dr. Atomic,' taking the stage this week at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
SciFri Radio: Carl Djerassi's 'Taboos'
We'll talk with scientist and playwright Carl Djerassi about his new play, 'Taboos,' a story about love, sex and parenthood in an age of...
SciFri Radio: 'Frequency Hopping' Stage Play
Ira talks with the director of a new stage play about the life and work of actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr.
SciFri Radio: The Farnsworth Invention
A new Broadway production takes on the story of the invention of electronic television.
SciFri Radio: The 2007 Ig Nobel Awards
It's time for our annual Thanksgiving holiday tradition -- highlights from this year's Ig Nobel awards ceremony.
SciFri Videos: Theatre
Video: Phallacy-SciFri in the Studio
On May 18, 2007, Ira discussed science and art with chemist and playwright Carl Djerassi, whose new play "Phallacy" opened that night in New York....
Video: The Farnsworth Invention
The Farnsworth Invention, a play written by Aaron Sorkin, looks at the history of television. Who should be credited with its invention:...
Video: Bots Take On The Bard
Robots were cast in a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream thanks to a collaboration between the theater department and...
SciFri Newsbriefs: Theatre
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