Manhattan Project News

One September night in 1941, the German Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg visited his friend and mentor Niels Bohr in Nazi-occupied Denmark. The two went for a walk, and their conversation ended in an argument, stemming from Heisenberg's revelation that he was leading a research effort that might provide Nazi Germany with atomic weapons. What was said and exactly why Heisenberg came to Copenhagen in the first place has remained a puzzle ever since.

On April 7, 2008 The Point Foundation presented Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon with the 2008 Point Courage Award at Capitale in New York City.The Point Courage Award is awarded to an individual who has advocated for the future of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and lives with the vision that investing in today's potential will produce a brighter tomorrow.

CREATION NATION proudly returns with its first New York City show in almost a year! Hosts Billy Willing and Robin Lord (as played by creators Billy Eichner and Robin Taylor, respectively) will welcome Tony and Emmy Award winning stage, screen and television actress Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) to their unique and critically acclaimed variety show, which plays The Zipper Factory Theater on Tuesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m.

On April 7, 2008 The Point Foundation will present Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon with the 2008 Point Courage Award at Capitale in New York City.

The Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera (ENO) are joining forces for two collaborations in future seasons: a new co-production of John Adams's Doctor Atomic, directed by Penny Woolcock, and a co-production of the new opera by Osvaldo Golijov and Anthony Minghella that has been commissioned by the Met

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, writers of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys, are the librettists for THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is writing the score, and Improbable Theater founders Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter) will direct and design. EET plans to premiere THE ADDAMS FAMILY in the 2009-2010 Broadway season, preceded by an out-of-town tryout.

Curt Dempster, Founding Artistic Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre, was found dead at his home in New York City today (January 19, 2007). The cause remains undetermined at this time.

The producers of JERSEY BOYS, winner of this year's Tony® Award for Best Musical, have announced the cast that will launch the National Tour in San Francisco.

The musical The Girl in the Frame will be among the works presented as part of MTC's 6@7 readings series on April 10th

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

The star of stage and screen will appear in the new production which opens in February 2006.