Bengal to Berlin Musical

by Hasan Padamsee
Performed: - 345 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036, Aug 07 - Aug 10, 2025
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Part of the empowering Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Bengal to Berlin is a vibrant musical retelling of some hardly known history of quantum physics.
When his quantum theories are rejected by the Western scientific establishment, the young Indian physicist Satyendra Bose, in an act of intellectual rebellion, sends his groundbreaking quantum theory directly to Albert Einstein. Against all odds, Einstein responds, and Bose begins his trek across a divided world where imperial rule suffocates Indian intellect. 

“Let them pretend the world began in Europe. We’ll keep building our truths Light still finds its way through cracks.“

See Video clip HERE!

Creative Team:
Book & Lyrics: Hasan Padamsee
Composer: Zlaja Miric
Music Director  – Kayden Behan
Choreographer & Movement Director: Nina Deacon 
Scenic Design: Josh Iacovelli
Lighting & Sound Design: Andy Evan Cohen
Stage Manager: Adrienne Siow

Cast:
Satyen Bose: Tejas Jagdhari
Devi et al.: Shubhra Prakash
Ushabala: Ann Varghese
Young Ushabala et al.: Melissa Inclán Verdugo
Hossain et al.: Kristian Perez
Marie Curie: Annalise McCann
Einstein et al.: Sage Kalmus




Press

"This show is passionate in its optimistic, rational message. Those who want to find themselves in an interconnected world should seek it out, and I hope that it grows beyond the three performances in this festival. Bravo to the creative team, who literally helped to embody these wonderful concepts. Unaccustomed as I am to physicists singing, I applaud the cast, director and composer on their mind-expanding work."
Ed Malin, Hi! Drama

"The world most definitely does need a musical about quantum physics set in India during the early 20th Century. Professor Hasan Saruda Padamsee is correct. He wrote the book and lyrics, and, under the auspices of the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, worked with composer Zlaja Miric, choreographer Nina Deacon, director Katrin Hilbe, and a multitude of talented folks to bring the new musical “Bengal to Berlin” to New York. As I saw during the performance and talkback, the show appealed to a full house of people, almost none of whom were physicists."
Ed Malin, Hi! Drama