IF YOU LIVE IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA

[mburbank]

And are home tonight between 5-6:30, you can see me on Channell 5 being interviewed about the play I've written for the Einstein exhibit at the Museum of Science.

[Ghost of Fraiser]

Dammit, I promised Sam and Norm I would help them paint Cliff and his mom's house today.

[Mockery]

Get someone to tape it Max, I want to see it!

[Anonymous]

supahstah!

[kellychaos]

Think he's going to become famous and forget his roots ... and friends ... n' stuff? :(

[mesobe]

sounds ultra exciting. Too bad Im going to an egg painting con that day *all* day.

[mburbank]

I have very hard time remembering anything that happened betwen when I was about eighteen and now anyway.

The media relations department here is going to give me a tape. If it's anything to speak of (as opposed to edited down to about 30 seconds of me looking vacant) I'll make you a copy.

I did phone interviews for two papers today as well. Very minor, Metrowest and some Nashua NH paper. Here's the fun part. I have a fever blister on the underside of my toungue about the size of a microdot, but it feels like it's the size of a manhole cover (manhole, tee hee) so it's incredably painful to speak, and if I let my guard down at all I hold my tongue still and sound like a drunken retard.


A DRUNKEN RETARD TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL RELATIVITY!

[Anonymous]

"A DRUNKEN RETARD TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL RELATIVITY!"


ok that reminded me of something..
the other day on comedy central we saw this show which was like uhhh - clips from a bunch of comedy troupes
anyway, they had this one that made me laugh and laugh.
It was a science class - like about relativity or something smart like that- and everyone in the class was like stephen hawking and all had the same voice becuase they spoke through that computer thing. And .... oh fuck it's too long to explain it but DID ANYONE ELSE SEE IT?!

[Mockery]

It wasn't Comedy Central, it was on HBO Comedy or something like that, late at night. I forget the name of it.

[sadie]

those fever blister thingies hurt like hell. one time i had to sing with like eight of them on my gums. i was looking like i was really into those sad songs, all teary and shit.

[Jebus]

I saw it but I don't remember what it was called. I must have... blacked out after the roller skating hooters guy. :wank

[davinxtk]

Damnit burbank, I wish I had been paying attention.

[kellychaos]

Transcripts?

P.S. Leave out the sibilancy please and thank you. :)

[mburbank]

This isn't a transcript (and it's a pretty awful article as well) but here's what Channel Five put up on their website about the interview.

There's also a video there of the interview, which I cn't run. Maybe you'll have better luck. Follow this link, and click on video.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/2905751/detail.html

Museum Of Science Welcomes Einstein Exhibit
Exhibit Includes Play About Scientist's Theories


BOSTON -- The Museum of Science is opening a unique new exhibit on the life of Albert Einstein, but if you think it's all theories and equations, you'll be surprised.


NewsCenter 5's J.C. Monahan reported that a play accompanying the exhibit, "God's Dice" explores some of Einstein's theories that lead to scientific breakthroughs.

"What I'm trying to do here is take you inside the head of a physicist on the verge of a major breakthrough," said playwright Max Burbank.

Burbank wrote the play to show scientists as human beings dealing with moral and ethical dilemmas with each new discovery. It was something Burbank said Einstein faced after realizing his theory behind e=mc2 was leading to the atomic bomb.

"He came up with the theory which allowed that work to go ahead but he never thought about it. He never though about what happens next. It just wasn't where he was working," said Burbank.

The play's director, Dan Dowling, hopes the play gets people to question their own position on scientific advancement.

"My favorite response is, 'It got me to think,'" said Dowling.

Of course, the play is only part of what the museum has to offer.

When Einstein's exhibit opens on March 13, it will not only will it demonstrate his most important scientific theories, including the effect of gravity and gravity's effect on time and space, but it will also touch upon his personal life -- love letters to his wife, his diary, even a letter highlighting his involvement as a political figure. Many of Einstein's personal items have never been seen in the United States.

Through science, theatre and artifacts, the exhibit strives to show Einstein as more than just a brain.

"And that's what I want people to walk away with. The knowledge that these great scientists, these great thinkers were people as well," said Burbank.

The Museum of Science's Einstein exhibit will be open to the public from March 13 to June 6.

[sadie]

so cool! you supahstar! and you look so beatnik-ish in the video! and i mean that as a compliment! totally! :love

[mburbank]

Thanks! I still can't watch the video on my computer. I was at work when it aired on TV, so you have joined the growing coalition of folks who have seen this before me.

The press preview of the exhibit, and my show, is in about an hour. I'm less nervous than I thought I'd be. The show is in a small enclosed space within the exhibit, and on the outside, they put up a graphic describing the show, and it's got my name on it.

It is virtually unheard for one of the creators of an exhibit to get a credit like that. Now if only I can get this recognition to translate into money, I'd be totally happy.

[phnompehn]

I like the part when she dropped the orange! Smells like good journalism to me!

But seriously, that play's a great idea. Wish I could be up north right now so that I could see it.

By the way, you can't even tell anything was wrong with your voice because of the blister.

[mburbank]

Yeah, I pretty much ripped my tongue to shreds sounding normal, but it was worth it.

[Geggy]

congrats, max! i've alway been facsinated with einstein ever since the time when i was in private school, and mr storm, my science teacher, often liked to compare himself to einstein and alway used him as an example for whatever the project we worked on. i'll be sure to visit the exhibit! :nerd

[ArrowX]

I never thought anyone here had any artistic inclinations whatsoever wow and the play sounds good but watch out for the director hemight get a little too attached. Before you now it you may be involed in a situation like Cape Fear.

[Bennett]

AWESOME MAX!!!

When you were talking about the play it reminded me of "Real Genius" when they realized that they were actually building a weapon. And I totally mean that in a good way. :)

[Dole]

Cant see the video for some reason :(
That play sounds really interesting Max...wish we could get to see it. Nice one!!

[mburbank]

Thanks!

The press preview went... not so well.

The rehersal time was truncated by about a month bcuase of funding problems, and the actors are nowhere near where I'd want them to be. One of them screwed up her lines pretty bad.

Amazingly, the reaction has been fairly positive. If that's how they like it in the crap state it's in, they should really love it in a week or so.

Nothing's signed yet, but it looks as if I've already gotten another script out of it, something on the early days of electricity. If anyone is interested in reading the script, I'll try to get around to sending it. Let me know.

[kellychaos]

I never thought anyone here had any artistic inclinations whatsoever wow and the play sounds good but watch out for the director hemight get a little too attached. Before you now it you may be involed in a situation like Cape Fear.

Actually, I've noticed a lot of creative people in this forum.

[sadie]

i'd like to read the script.

[ItalianStereotype]

max, you don't sound anything like a mafioso...I'm so disappointed.

[mburbank]

I can when I have to.

I don't now if I should post tghe script in "Stories for the Board" or email it to folks who want it. I think it might be uncomfortably long to read on a message board, though in real life it only runs twenty minutes.

[kellychaos]

Yer breakin' my balls heeyah, Maxie!

[Brandon]

Nice interview, Max. You're much more soft-spoken than I would have guessed.

[ArrowX]

I'd luv to read the script Post it on the Boards if you can then everyone can read it

[mburbank]

Okay, I put up the script on Stories for the Board. It's VERY long for a post, I recomend copying it and printing it out to read.

I got mentioned in the Boston Globe, but just in passing as an aspect of the Museum. My hope is to get actual theater reviewers in, something that's nver happened before despite the fact we've had science theater for a decade.