
Life
of Galileo
By
Bertolt Brecht
Translated by John Willett
Directed by Joe Discher
August
2–21
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| Sherman Howard and Robbie Collier
Sublett. Photo © Gerry Goodstein. |
"A
stunning presentation!"
—Variety
Astronomer, inventor,
mathematician, one of the greatest minds the world has ever
known. Galileo Galilei’s unthinkable assertion that
the earth revolved around the sun, and was therefore not the
center of the universe, turned Renaissance Italy and the Vatican
upside down. Peppered with Brecht's unique theatricality,
this gripping tale transports us to a time when revolutionary
ideas were springing to life as quickly as the inquisitions
that tried to squelch them. Featuring Sherman Howard as
Galileo Galilei.
The art exhibition, The
Celestial Collection, ran concurrently with Life of Galileo at the F. M Kirby Shakespeare
Theatre.
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