Article: Termen Vox Machina

THEATER REVIEW

Termen Vox Machina

Playwright: MDeegan (sic)

At: Oracle Productions, 3809 N. Broadway

Phone: 773-244-2980; $18

Runs through: Aug. 3

The Theremin is the ethereal-sounding electronic instrument often used in science-fiction films. (Think of the theme music for the original Star Trek.) This is ironic, perhaps, the life of its inventor, Russian electronics genius Lev Sergeivitch Termen, seems like a work of science fiction itself. Termen (1896-1993) lived in Russia and the Soviet Union most of his long life, except 1928-1938 in the United States, where he renamed himself Leon Theremin and scandalized society by marrying a Negro ballerina. She was the second of three wives in a ...