Fermat's Last Tango

Fermat's Last Tango
CD cover of the official production
MusicJoshua Rosenblum
LyricsJoshua Rosenblum
Joanne Sydney Lessner
BookJoanne Sydney Lessner
SettingPrinceton, 1990s
PremiereDecember 6, 2000 (2000-12-06): New York City
Productions

Fermat's Last Tango is a 2000 off-Broadway musical about the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, written by husband and wife Joshua Rosenblum (music, lyrics) and Joanne Sydney Lessner (book, lyrics). The musical presents a fictionalized version of the real life story of Andrew Wiles, and has been praised for the accuracy of the mathematical content. The original production at the York Theatre received mixed reviews, but the musical was well received by mathematical audiences. A video of the original production has been distributed by the Clay Mathematics Institute and shown at several mathematical conferences and similar occasions. The musical has also been translated into Portuguese.