The Farnsworth Invention: postpones opening night

Due to the ongoing industrial action that has closed most of Broadway's theatres, the producers of the Broadway premiere of Aaron Sorkin�s new American play about the advent of television, The Farnsworth Invention, have announced that the show's opening night has been postponed.

The Farnsworth Invention began previews at the Music Box Theatre on 15 Oct 2007, and was scheduled to open on 14 Oct 2007. A new opening date will be announced at a later date.

Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, The Farnsworth Invention stars Tony Award-nominee Hank Azaria as David Sarnoff, and Jimmi Simpson as Philo T. Farnsworth.

The play centres on the bitter conflict that pitted Philo T. Farnsworth (Jimmi Simpson), a boy genius who invented television as a high school student in 1927, against David Sarnoff (Hank Azaria), the head of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The legal battle between Farnsworth and RCA would later become known as one of the great, tragic examples of legal and industrial force combining to crush a rightful patent owner. In a race that would change humanity forever, two men battle one another for honour, glory and a place in the history books.

The Farnsworth Invention is being produced on Broadway by Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group.