Music and comedy icons continue to flock to the Straz Center stage. Multiple platinum selling, singer/composer/producer Ben Folds will make a stop at the entertainment center this November.
Write your favorite songs on paper airplanes
What initially began as a request for songs as encores in his shows, has now become a central element for many of Folds solo shows when, as he begins the second half of his concert performances, he cues the audience to launch their song requests toward the stage via paper airplanes.
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The first time I brought up paper airplane requests was when I tweeted before a show: ‘If you have a song you want me to play, then write it down on a piece of paper and launch it as a paper airplane after I give the countdown.’ The response was incredible, with waves of paper airplanes flying from the audience on to the stage right on cue.
– Ben Folds
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A career that spans more than two decades
Folds was recently named the first-ever artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. His most popular songs include “You Don’t Know Me,” “Zak and Sara,” “Brick,” “Underground,” and “Rockin’ the Suburbs.”
He performs at the Straz Center on November 11 at 8:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 16 and are available online starting at 10am.
Demetri Martin plans Tampa visit
The prolific standup comedian Demetri Martin will also make an appearance at the Straz Center this November. Martin’s comedy career began as a staff writer at Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Following his work on Conan, Martin became a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
He has also found success on the big screen. Martin has appeared in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Lake Bell’s In a World, FOX’s New Girl and Showtime’s House of Lies among others. Martin recently wrote and directed his first feature film, Dean.
Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, June 16, and are available online beginning at 10am, and by phone and in person at the Straz Center Ticket Sales office beginning at 12pm.
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