Coming Up For Air: An AutoJAZZography at Central Square Theater
Central Square Theater (450 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139)
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The last date listed for Coming Up For Air: An AutoJAZZography was Saturday August 9, 2008 / 10:00pm.
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The Nora Theatre Company presents Photograph 51 at Central Square Theatre. In 1951, British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin became a research associate at King's College in London. It was her X-ray imaging that revealed DNA's double helix structure, leading to the 1962 Nobel Prize, which went to James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins. Told with wit and urgency by a chorus of scientists who relive the competitive chase to be the first to map the DNA molecule, Photograph 51 is the story of a fiercely independent and ambitious young scientist and her unsung, trailblazing achievements. It also provides an unflinching look at sexism, ethics and scientific collaboration. The play won the 2008 Stage International Script Competition for Best New Play About Science & Technology. Learn More
Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Stan Strickland is an incredibly talented musician... and performer. The autobiography was a bit hard to follow, but it was a great one-person show.Written on Aug 11 2008
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Stephanie S.
The performer was superb-- played tenor and soprano sax, flute, drums, piano and vocals.Written on Aug 10 2008
Also acted and danced.
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More Information About Coming Up For Air: An AutoJAZZography
Quotes & Highlights
- "An 80-minute marvel... Luminous... So vivid that you long to find out more." --Boston Globe
- "A class act [full of] mischief, spirituality, lust and pain." --Boston Phoenix
Description
<p>Central Square Theater and Alliger Arts present this Elliot Norton Award-winning play, back by popular demand. Conceived and performed by Boston's favorite jazzman, Stan Strickland, and written and directed by Jon Lipsky, Coming Up For Air is based on Strickland's near-death experience when his life and career flash before his eyes after being overtaken by rogue waves in Hawaii. He explores many instruments, musical forms and dance movements searching for the sources of his music.</p> <p>NOTE: The August 4th performance is a special Inclusive by Design performance featuring ASL interpretation, audio description, live captioning and live performance painting.</p> <p>Singer, saxophonist, flutist, actor Stan Strickland has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the Caribbean, New Zealand and the former Soviet Union. In addition to numerous radio and television appearances, Stan has performed in many clubs and concert halls, including Jordan and Symphony Halls in Boston, Carnegie Recital Hall and Town Hall in New York, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Stan has opened for jazz greats Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, and for Barenaked Ladies. He toured South Africa with The Village People, and was a featured soloist with Take Six and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall. Love & Beauty, Stan's latest jazz vocal CD, featuring new arrangements of great jazz classics as well as original material, was released by Hawkline Records in 2005. He has performed and collaborated with more than a dozen choreographers including Alvin Ailey, Jose Limon, and Bill T. Jones, and is profiled (along with Blair Underwood and Lamar Burton) in a new film documentary that was filmed this past spring, entitled "Black Man Up."</p>
About the Ticket Supplier: Central Square Theater
The Central Square Theater is home to Underground Railway Theater (URT) and The Nora Theatre Company, two professional theater companies with a combined track record of over 48 years of excellence.
URT has a 29 year history of connecting high quality professional theater with communities, performing new plays for young audiences, families and adults, and teaching through its rigorous education programming. Combining actors, puppetry and music, URT reaches out to and engages diverse audiences with performances of great beauty and compelling social content.
During The Nora's 19 years, audiences and the media have recognized it for its exceptionally high quality work. Mission-driven to bring cutting-edge, thought- provoking, and contemporary productions to New England audiences, The Nora has introduced local audiences to Boston, New England, and/or world premieres.