Playing It by Ear

American Historian By Day And Canadian Jazz Musician And Playwright By Night Clyde R. Forsberg Jr. Has Also Written Five Original Jazz-Musicals. Originally The Idea Was For A History Professor Who Played Jazz To Use The Stage To Convey A Message Of Some Historical Importance Augmented By Music As An Experiment To See Whether The Theatre Was Not A Better Medium Than The Classroom. There Is No Doubting The Important Fact That The Public Cast Their Vote . . . And Quite Decidedly In The Affirmative Despite It All. Playing It By Ear: The Jazz-Theatre Of Clyde R. Forsberg Jr. Explores Such Public Events And Social Issues As The Canadian Ice Storm Of 1998 And The Urban-Rural Divide Louis Armstrong'S Black And Blue And The Relationship Between Racism And Domestic Abuse The Death-Rattle Of Patriarchal Authority Evident At Family Holiday Gatherings The Penis And Vagina As Twin Taboos And What Forsberg'S Seven-Year Trek Along The Silk Road (2003-2010) In Search Of Self Understanding And Renewal Would Cost Him-But Also Reward Him For Venturing Outside Of The Box.