The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

John Adams's mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human history: the creation of the atomic bomb. Baritone Gerald Finley gives a powerful star turn in the title role as the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer. Alan Gilbert conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus in his Met debut.

(Nobody's fool) In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make some of them right when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life. (Fat man & little boy) A dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project, during World War II,...