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Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Einstein's Dreams

Science & the Arts at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York presents the stage adaptation of Alan Lightman's internationally acclaimed book Einstein's Dreams, performed by Boston's Underground Railway Theater.

The play, an inventive and charming work, was the inaugural event in a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Underground Railway Theater, conceived to develop new plays about science.

The performance will be followed by an informal discussion with Alan Lightman.

This event is now sold out, however additional tickets may become available at the door, half an hour before the event, on a first come, first served basis.

Tickets: $20.00

  • Alan Lightman

    Alan Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. Both a distinguished physicist and an accomplished novelist, Lightman was the first professor at MIT to receive a joint appointment in the sciences and the humanities.

Other performances of this play will run on Thursday, May 29 at 8 PM (post-performance discussion with Alan Lightman and Walter Isaacson) and on Saturday, May 31 (post-performance discussion with Alan J. Friedman) at 2 PM. Program details can be found on the web site of Science & The Arts.

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