And the Sun Stood Still

In Dava Sobel's engaging play "And the Sun Stood Still," the struggle of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer who formulated the heliocentric model of the universe, unfolds during his final years. Battling self-doubt and the threat of religious condemnation, Copernicus collaborates with his disciple Georg Rheticus to complete his groundbreaking research before his death in 1543. The production, recorded in February 2015 at The Invisible Studios, features a conversation with Sobel and is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series, highlighting the intersection of science and the arts.