By Playbill Staff Show: Magic/Bird
Check out Playbill's exclusive interview with basketball star Magic Johnson.
Watch a preview of the play:
24 Mar 2012
Theatre: Longacre Theatre
Preview: March 21, 2012
Opening: April 11, 2012
Closing: Open-ended
Creators: Play by Eric Simonson. Direction by Thomas Kail.
Original Principal Cast: Kevin Daniels as Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Tug Coker as Larry Bird.
Synopsis: Here's how the producers bill Magic/Bird: "At the heart of one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history, two of the greatest basketball players of all-time battled for three championships, bragging rights, and the future of their sport in the 1980s. Johnson and Bird electrified the nation on the court, reinvigorated the NBA, and turned their rivalry into one of the greatest and most famous friendships in professional sports."
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