Looks like Kurt Loder of MTV News has done his homework: Unfortunately, in one instance, Sorkin ventures beyond the realm of taking liberties into factual distortion. In a proceeding at the U.S. Patent Office, we see a judge rejecting Farnsworth’s petition and awarding the rights to the contested television technology to Zworykin. This is the […]
Looks like the current round of negotiations have reached and impasse, and Broadway will be dark through Thanksgiving weekend: Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Talks to end Broadway’s longest strike in 32 years reached an impasse yesterday, resulting in performances for 27 shows being canceled through Nov. 25. “We are profoundly disappointed to have to tell
…of the false history lesson that audiences will take away from The Farnsworth Invention. This is from a blog entry by Alan Meckler, the CEO of Jupiter Media: Farnsworth refers to Philo Farnsworth who was the real father of the television. He conceived of "television" as a teen in 1912. Later he lost out in
The AP’s television writer Frazier Moore has picked up the story of "Farnsworth’s" postponed Broadway debut, as reported in the inventor’s home town paper, the Fort Wayne (IN) Journal Gazette. Another lousy break for Philo Farnsworth. Farnsworth is the chap who invented television 80 years ago, then was cheated out of his due credit, fame
The Asbury Park Press offers this story about actor Michael Mulheren and how he is handling the strike: "It’s just insane," Mulheren said as he was on his way to pick up his two children from a pre-school in the Red Bank area. "This could be a long one because the stagehands union has never
The dramatic focus of Aaron Sorkin’s play The Farnsworth Invention revolves around the idea that Farnsworth had a "light problem." His television camera requires too much light, he anguishes over the solution that must be "right under our noses," and then pretty much gives up when Zworykin comes up with the solution. This woefully simplistic
The official "opening" of The Farnsworth Invention on Broadway is still ten days away, so there won’t be any full-scale reviews of the play until next week, but that hasn’t stopped the New York Times from running a lengthy profile of the playwright: The two men never met but clashed in courtrooms over rights and
… the terrific young actor who plays Philo in The Farnsworth Invention on Broadway: Last fall, Simpson found himself in the midst of a struggling actor’s dream, winning a plum role in the third Die Hard movie and the lead in the workshop of The Farnsworth Invention. "I had auditioned for the play, and the
Another early assessment of a "preview" performance of The Farnsworth Invention: Dear Sir, I found your Web site after searching for Farnsworth material after I saw "The Farnsworth Invention" Thursday night on Broadway. My opinion: Those who have studied in great detail the history of Philo Farnsworth and David Sarnoff can’t help but be disappointed
Link: ‘Farnsworth Invention’ Turns Dial to Broadway, Begins Oct.15 Performances begin on Monday, October 15 for the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s new American play about the advent of television, The Farnsworth Invention, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, opening on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. The
