Galileo at Berkeley Rep

BOOK BY DANNY STRONG 

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MICHAEL WEINER & ZOE SARNAK 

CHOREOGRAPHED BY DAVID NEUMANN 

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MAYER 

WORLD PREMIERE 

RODA THEATRE AT BERKELEY REP  

MAY 5–JUN 16 2024

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Four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza stars in a dazzling world-premiere musical helmed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening American Idiot Swept Away) written by two-time Emmy winner Danny Strong (Dopesick Empire The Butler). When maverick scientist Galileo Galilei makes celestial observations that challenge humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe he’s summoned to Rome to defend his discoveries before the most powerful religious institution in the world which is facing a rebellion of its own. With an original rock score and lyrics by Michael Weiner (Broadway’s First Date) and Zoe Sarnak (Jonathan Larson Award winner) Galileo is an explosive collision of science and faith truth and power. Galileo will likely join the constellation of world premieres that traveled from Berkeley Rep to Broadway — be the first to see it here! 

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