The proof of a mathematical conjecture–even one as famous as Fermat’s last theorem–may sound like an improbable subject for an off-Broadway-style musical.
Yet there’s plenty of drama and passion in the story of Fermat’s last theorem. These elements take center stage in Fermat’s Last Tango, a musical written by the husband-and-wife team Joshua Rosenblum and Joanne Sydney Lessner. Originally performed by the York Theatre Company in New York City in December 2000, the production lives on as a video available from the Clay Mathematics Institute (see http://www.claymath.org/events/fermatslasttango.htm).