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Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention to Close March 2

NEWS February 8, 2008 | 12:15PM

Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention, which stars Hank Azaria and newcomer Jimmi Simpson, will end its Broadway run on March 2. The fact-based drama will have played 34 preview and 104 regular performances at the Music Box Theatre at the time of closing.

The Farnsworth Invention centers around the bitter conflict that pitted Philo T. Farnsworth Simpson, a boy ...

Hank Azaria

Q&A December 3, 2007 | 11:46AM

When it comes to comedy, Hank Azaria has made his mark in every medium: animation a 20-year run voicing characters on The Simpsons, film The Birdcage, Along Came Polly, TV Friends, his own Showtime dramedy Huff and Broadway a Tony-nominated performance as Sir Lancelot, the French Taunter, the Knight of Ni and Tim the Enchanter in Spamalot. Now the popular ... Read More...

Jimmi Simpson

FRESH FACE October 25, 2007 | 2:41PM

Age: 31

Currently: Starring on Broadway as Philo T. Farnsworth, the boy-genius inventor of television, opposite Hank Azaria in Aaron Sorkin's new play, The Farnsworth Invention.

Hometown: Hackettstown, New Jersey

Everybody's Got the Right: Despite pursuing a business degree as an undergrad at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, Simpson found himself dubbed the "Assassins guy." As he explains, "In ...

Complete Casting Announced for Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention

NEWS September 12, 2007 | 11:32AM

Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's new play about the advent of television, The Farnsworth Invention, starring Hank Azaria as David Sarnoff and Jimmi Simpon as Philo T. Farnsworth. The play will begin previews at Broadway's Music Box Theatre on October 15 and open on November 14.

In addition to Azaria and ...

Hank Azaria Will Star on Broadway in Sorkin's Farnsworth Invention

NEWS July 26, 2007 | 9:07AM

Hank Azaria will star as TV pioneer David Sarnoff in the upcoming Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention. The play will begin previews at the Music Box Theatre on October 15 and open on November 14, directed by Des McAnuff Jersey Boys, 700 Sundays. Jimmi Simpson will co-star as Philo T. Farnsworth, the high school student who ... Read More...