Editing Brian Greene (section)

=== Stage works ===
Greene worked with by [[composer]] [[Philip Glass]], [[playwright]] [[David Henry Hwang]],  filmmakers [[AL and AL]], and executive producer Tracy Day to adapt Greene’s novella ''[[Icarus at the Edge of Time]]'', which is a futuristic re-telling of the [[Icarus]] myth, into a stage work for full orchestra, film, and narrator. The work premiered on June 6, 2010 at [[Alice Tully Hall]] at [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]], with narrator [[John Lithgow]], as part of [[World Science Festival]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Icarus at the Edge of Time |url=https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/performance/icarus-edge-time/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=World Science Festival |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Icarus at the Edge of Time'' has since been performed 55 times in 31 cities and 13 countries, with narrators including [[Liev Schreiber]], [[Kate Mulgrew]], [[LeVar Burton|Levar Burton]], and [[David Morrissey]].<ref name=":2" />

Greene wrote the stage work ''Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein'', which traces [[Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein’s]] discovery of the [[General relativity|General Theory of Relativity]], and his subsequent failed attempts to find what he called “[[Grand Unified Theory|the unified theory]].” The original score was written by [[Jeff Beal]] and visuals and stage production were created by [[59 Productions]], with executive producer Tracy Day. The work premiered on February 19, 2019 at the [[Gerald W. Lynch Theater|Gerald Lynch Theater]] in [[New York City]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Light Falls: Space, Time & An Obsession of Einstein – Gerald W. Lynch Theater |url=https://geraldwlynchtheater.com/events/light-falls-space-time-an-obsession-of-einstein/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |language=en}}</ref> with Greene in the role of narrator, and was filmed by [[Great Performances]] for national broadcast on [[PBS]] on the [[Centennial|centenary]] of the confirmation of General Relativity, May 29, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Light Falls |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/light-falls |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Light Falls}}</ref>

Greene wrote the stage work ''Time, Creativity and the Cosmos'', exploring the origin of the universe, life, and creative expression, which premiered on May 30, 2017 at [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center’s]] Rose Theater, with Greene in the role of narrator and performers [[Pilobolus (dance company)|Pilobolus]], [[Joshua Bell]], [[Renée Fleming|Renee Fleming]], [[Brian Stokes Mitchell]], and [[David Draiman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening Night: Time, Creativity, and the Cosmos |url=https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/programs/opening-night-time-creativity-cosmos |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=World Science Festival |language=en-US}}</ref>