Johnny Baseball

Sunday, May 16, 2010 2:00p

Loeb Drama Center (American Repertory Theater) Cambridge, MA

A Red Sox musical at the American Repertory Theater? Sweet Caroline! Artistic director Diane Paulus helms the premiere of this lively, slightly old-fashioned tale of race relations and the fabled curse. - Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff

There are two Yankee fans and one Sox fan on the three-man team that wrote "Johnny Baseball." You decide if forgiveness is in your game plan for two-thirds of the guys. Composer Robert Reale, his brother and lyricist Willie Reale, and writer Richard Dresser started their… Show more search for the source of the Red Sox curse after the 2003 playoffs. Their fact-and-fiction musical tells the story of a white player and African-American singer, and celebrates integration and the 2004 World Series. Presented by American Repertory Theater. - June Wulff, Globe Staff

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Location & Nearby Info

Loeb Drama Center (American Repertory Theater)
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 547-8300 / 617.495.2668

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Show nearby:

0.1 mi 1 Blacksmith House, Cambridge Center for Adult Education

0.2 mi 2 The Loft @ Tommy Doyle's

0.9 mi 3 Plough and Stars

1.6 mi 4 Brighton Music Hall

2.0 mi 5 Legal Sea Foods - Kendall Square

2.0 mi 6 The Black Sheep Restaurant & Bar

2.3 mi 7 House Of Blues

2.4 mi 8 Crossroads Irish Pub

2.8 mi 9 Legal Sea Foods - Prudential Center

2.9 mi 10 Lucca Back Bay

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CRITICS REVIEWS

‘Johnny’ says play ball!: Fans will make the call to decide whether this musical is a big hit

(no rating) June 4, 2010 - Boston.com - Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff

There’s more to baseball than hits, and there’s more to theater than hits, too.

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Red Sox musical comes to the ART: The Red Sox, race, and show tunes? They’re all in 'Johnny Baseball.'

(no rating) May 9, 2010 - Boston.com - Joan Anderman, Globe Staff

In an airy rehearsal room near Times Square, history is doing some tricky gymnastics. First stop: 1920, a nightclub in Harlem, where a glamorous African-American singer named Daisy Wyatt is belting out an upbeat number called “As Long as There’s a Chance.’’ Daisy is singing it for the love of her life, Johnny O’Brien, a white pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Mid-song, a green set of bleachers rolls forward: It’s also October 2004, Fenway Park, bottom of the seventh inning. The scoreboard reads Yankees 4, Boston 3, and a fistful of fans in the stands, wearing hoodies and caps emblazoned with the home team’s letter B, sing their hearts out alongside Daisy.

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