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From the company that produced over 800 performances of That Physics Show and That Chemistry Show, The Science Theater Company returns off-Broadway with That Math Show.
Presented in association with MOMATH (The National Museum of Mathematics), That Math Show is created by and features Dr. Arthur Benjamin, a nationally known "math-e-magician", who shares the beauty and magic of mathematics. His "math-magic"; has been covered in the New York Times, Scientific American and People Magazine. Reader's Digest named him "America's Best Math Whiz"; That Math Show is entertainment and wonder for anyone who lives in a world of mathematics... and that means everyone. Can you square a 4 digit number in your head faster than a calculator?
That Math Show mathemagician can!
“Art Benjamin is one of the world's fastest mental calculators,” states Mr. Krebs. “He will dazzle you with feats of mathematical wizardry. He will break the magician's rule by teaching you how to perform many of these skills yourself. You will leave the theatre feeling smarter than you did before you came and have a wonderful time watching this "mathemagician" in action. From mathematical magic to Fibonacci numbers to pi, you will appreciate math as you've never seen before”.
Tickets are $60 and may be purchased here or at the Theater555 box office two hours before curtain time. The performances are Wednesday – Sunday and specific show times can be found at www.theater555.venuetix.com. Performance runs 75 minutes.
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Dr. Arthur Benjamin is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and is the Visiting Professor for Public Outreach at the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City. He is also a professional magician and has combined his two loves to create That Math Show. Dr. Benjamin has presented to audiences all over the world and has appeared on many television programs including: “The Today Show”, “CNN”, and “The Colbert Report”. He has been written up in The New York Times, USA Today, Scientific American, and People Magazine. Princeton Review profiled him in their recent book, The Best 300 Professors. He has given 3 TED talks which have been viewed over 50 million times. He is the author of many books and DVD courses that share the beauty and magic of mathematics. He is also an expert backgammon player and was recently elected to the American Backgammon Hall of Fame. Reader's Digest calls him "America's Best Math Whiz".
MOMATH (The Museum of Mathematics) The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath.org) is the nation’s leading museum devoted to mathematics, offering dynamic exhibits, programs, and experiences that reveal the beauty, creativity, and relevance of math in everyday life. MoMath is widely recognized as North America’s first major museum dedicated solely to mathematics, and it remains the only hands-on science center in Manhattan. Now housed in a spectacular new home in an architecturally significant building in the Ladies'; Mile Historic District along Sixth Avenue, MoMath has more than doubled the size of its original location. The Museum, referred to by The New York Times as “the palace of all things mathematical,” features more than 70 extraordinary interactive exhibits that combine deep mathematical ideas with playful, engaging experiences for visitors of all ages.
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Eric Krebs whose theatrical career spans more than 50 years, has worked as a producer, a theater founder and operator, a college professor and occasionally as a performer. In 1974 he founded the George Street Playhouse regional theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, now in its 52nd year. Off-Broadway he has produced more than 50 plays and musicals. On Broadway he produced: Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home, Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, and Electra. In April 2007, he performed his own 90-minute adaptation of King Lear. For his 80th birthday, he performed My Father's Voice, a solo presentation of his father's letters from the Ellis Island Prison and the War in the Pacific, 1938-1945. Mr. Krebs recently retired after 50 years as a professor of theater arts at Baruch College, City University of NewYork, where he continued a career as an educator that began in 1969 at Rutgers University (37 years) in New Jersey, where he is professor emeritus.