A blistering standing ovation *****
24 Aug
ATOMIC is the thrilling Off-Broadway musical that blasts open the doors of The Manhattan Project!
A love story set around the historic creation of the atomic bomb.
ATOMIC - THE MUSICAL
Book and Lyrics by Danny Ginges
Music and Lyrics by Philip Foxman
Full Length Musical, Period Piece / Historical, Drama, Australian, Biography, 1940s / WWII
Cast: 5M, 2F
The atom bomb's creation during WWII was an unprecedented collaboration of minds. America's brightest academics. Brilliant refugee scientists fleeing the terrors of Europe. Government and military leaders. An army of construction and factory workers with no idea what they were working on. A tossed salad of humanity, united and driven by urgent necessity. Battling the clock, bureaucracy and each other to beat Hitler to the weapon that would decide the war. Only once Germany had surrendered did focus shift to Japanese cities. By then the project had grown too big to stop. But one man did try to stop it. A man since buried by history, but without whose intellect and determination the weapon that could end us might never have had its start. His name is Leo Szilard. His is the story of the bomb we only thought we knew.
REVIEWS
"Shocking and thrilling"
- Kultur in Hessen (Wetzlar, Germany)"Intelligent, thought provoking with a hot rock score that sizzles"
- Times Square Chronicle (New York)
"Compulsively watchable... blows the roof off the theatre"
- Theatremania (New York)
"The music and songs are exhilarating."
- The Monitor (Michigan)
"It's a history lesson, it's a rock musical with a dramatic soundtrack, it's a thought provoking and great entertainment."
- Its All Theatre (Michigan)
"A vibe usually seen at sporting events. A blistering standing ovation. 5/5."
- CriticalBlast (St. Louis)
"It might be the most cerebral rock musical ever written."
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis)
"Atomic is thrilling."
- Riverfront Times (St. Louis)
Watch: Original Promo Video for ATOMIC the musical
LISTEN TO THE CAST RECORDING
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