Los Alamos Reporter

Corey Brunish, Winner Of Four Tony Awards, Is Guest Speaker At June 3 JROMC FUNdraiser

Carl Brunish/Courtesy photo

JROMC NEWS RELEASE

Everyone is invited to join Corey Brunish, four-time Tony-winning producer and former film critic, on Saturday, June 3, at a FUNdraiser event for the J. Robert Oppenheimer Committee at the SALA Event Center. 

For one night only  

  • Enjoy a discussion from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. with Tony Award-winning producer Corey Brunish about Dr. Strangelove and films about Oppenheimer.
  • Watch the third-best comedy and one of the best political satire films, starting at 6:00 p.m.
  • Join a post-film discussion with Brunish from 7:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
  • Have fun with brain-stimulating STEM puzzles and games from MathAmuseum from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Brunish will provide pre- and post-film commentary and answer questions. This season he is nominated for three Tony Awards, totaling 15 consecutive nominations over the last 10 seasons. He has received four Tony Awards—for Porgy and Bess in 2012, Pippin in 2013, Once on This Island in 2018, and Company by Stephen Sondheim in 2022. His most popular productions include Come From Away and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. 

Brunish has appeared in major motion pictures as well as movies and shows for television.  He is currently at work on a documentary film about the making of Wicked. He has also recorded more than 500 songs and has released more than a dozen CDs; as a solo artist his albums have been released on Broadway Records

He received the Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Pippin in 2013 and those same awards for Come From Away in 2017. He is also the recipient of two Audience Choice Awards, three Broadway.com Awards, and an Olivier Award, England’s equivalent of the Tony.

Brunish worked as a motion picture critic for over ten years, for PBS and for various cable and print outlets.  During that time, he interviewed famous actors, including Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.  Hear what he has to say about Peter Sellers’ performance in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

Come early and stay late. Enjoy engaging conversations, challenging puzzles, and interesting curiosities related to math and science, provided by MathAmuseum. Enjoy MathAmuseum’s free math and science puzzles and games from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

This FUNdraising event, offered by the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) and MathAmuseum. is open to the public. Proceeds benefit JROMC’s STEM programs and scholarships.

Tickets ($10 for adults and $8 for ages 10-18 and 65 or older) are available in the lobby and at

 https://sala-los-alamos-event-center.square.site/product/jromc-fundraiser/276 .

Additional information is available at 

https://jromc.org/2023/05/15/dr-strangelove-movie-showing-june-3-2023/ .