Scientific Tide on New Wave Stages? Idiot Savant written and directed by Richard Foreman Public Theater, New York. 27 October–20 December 2009. www.publictheater.org Inside Out Cirkus Cirkör Music by Irya's Playground Tilde Björfors, director Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. 12–15 November 2009. Next Wave Festival. www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1269 Kepler Philip Glass, composer Libretto by Martina Winkel

Abstract

Although very different, Richard Foreman's play Idiot Savant , Cirkus Cirkör's Inside Out , and Philip Glass's opera Kepler each drew at least some of their themes from science.