The playwright will appear with star Hank Azaria on NBC's "Today" in an interview slated to air between 8:30 and 9 AM ET. The duo will be joined by director Des McAnuff and star Jimmi Simpson for NPR's "Morning Edition" (airing locally on WNYC at 7:50 AM - elsewhere at 6:50 AM and 8:50 AM).

McAnuff directs Sorkin's latest stage work, which began previews Oct. 15 at the Music Box and opens Dec. 3.

The Farnsworth Invention follows the battle for the patent for the invention of the television set. The race pitted Philo T. Farnsworth, a young genius who came up with the idea as a high school student, against David Sarnoff, the head of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Using direct address monologues and flashbacks, the two men narrate the retelling of each other's stories as the drama unfolds.

Azaria and Simpson — facing off as Sarnoff and Farnsworth, respectively — head a cast that also features Michael Mulheren, William Youmans and Steve Rosen.

The large ensemble also includes Nadia Bowers, Kyle Fabel, Maurice Godin, Bruce McKenzie, Spencer Moses, Jim Ortlieb, Michael Pemberton, Katharine Powell, James Sutorius, Alexandra Wilson, Adam Grupper, Christian McCarthy Johansen, Aaron Krohn, Kate MacCluggage, Malcolm Morano, Javier Picayo and Margot White. Marking his first return to stage work since A Few Good Men in 1989, Sorkin has been at work on such television series as "Sports Night," "The West Wing" and the recent "Studio 60 on Sunset Strip." The screenwriter of "Malice," "A Few Good Men" and "The American President" returns to the silver screen with his screenplay for the forthcoming film "Charlie Wilson's War" in which Mike Nichols directs Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Other plays include Removing All Doubt, Hidden in This Picture and Making Movies.

Tickets to The Farnsworth Invention at the Music Box, 239 West 45th Street, are available by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information, visit farnsworthonbroadway.com.