The Lied Center of Kansas will present L.A. Theatre Works performing “The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-Bomb” at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The play examines the lives and convictions of theoretical physicists Edward Teller and Robert Oppenheimer as they face disagreements over further development of nuclear weaponry in post-World War II America.

Tickets are on sale at the Lied Center ticket office, 864-2787 or 864-2777 TDD; Murphy Hall box office, 864-3982; and online at lied.ku.edu. Tickets are $32 for the public and $10 for students and youth. All seats are reserved.