How a Tennis Match Changed the Conversation - 'Balls' uses a legendary game to examine gender inequality

Balls uses a legendary game to examine gender inequality---It's fitting that a coed creative team decided to theatricalize the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between 29-year-old women's champion Billie Jean King and misogynistic 55-year-old huckster Bobby Riggs. Cowritten and codirected by two male-female pairings, Balls is a circus sideshow take on an iconic event that sparked gender debates that are still …

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