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The hoops-themed Broadway bio "Magic/Bird" doesn't technically foul out, but it's not exactly a winner either.
Ironically, Eric Simonson's by-the-numbers and stiffly acted account of the on…
This bio-play's main reason for being, the aura of big league basketball in a Broadway theater, is established even as you take your seat . . .
Basketball fans will find the greatest thrills in this pleasant play about NBA legends Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
The most prominent N.B.A. rivalry of the 1980s provides the basis for the new play "Magic/Bird," on Broadway at the Longacre Theater.
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Two basketball Hall of Famers get warm but dramatically insubstantial treatment in Eric Simonson's account of their decade at the top.
The glory years of NBA superstars Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird are affectionately recalled in Eric Simonson's bio-play, from the same Broadway producing team as last season's NFL-ba…
The most powerful moment for me in "Magic/Bird," a play about the rivalry and then friendship between basketball stars Magic Earvin Johnson and Larry Bird, occurs after Johnson announces tha…
For the six actors in Magic/Bird, the new play by Robert Simonson that just opened at the Longacre, the first scene must provide a head-to-toe thrill.
MAGICBIRD, a new play from the team that brought LOMBARDI to the stage last season opened tonight, April 11, 2012 on Broadway. Let's see what the critics had to say
Thirty years ago, Los Angeles Lakers star Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Boston Celtics great Larry Bird started a rivalry on the basketball court that turned into one of the greates…
In the middle of Magic/Bird, the smooth and warm new play about a friendship that blooms from the deep roots of rivalry, playwright Eric Simonson writes a deft pivoting scene. Two young guys…
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The game is on for Magic/Bird, starring Kevin Daniels as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Tug Coker as Larry Bird, as the new basketball drama opens on April 11 at the Longacre Th…
The Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird will open at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, April 11. Thomas Kail directs the production.
The show chronicles the rivalry, fri…
Eric Simonson and Thomas Kail unsuccessfully translate basketball to the stage with “Magic/Bird,” based on the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
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Magic/Bird, the dramatic retelling of the infamous rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, opens tonight on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Kevin Daniels and Tug Coker play the famou…
If you are a fan--whether a fan of good theater or a sports fan--it's probably not a stretch to assume that you already have some opinion of the new Broadway play Magic/Bird. If you're a the…
Magic/Bird, Eric Simonson's highly theatrical drama about the college-to-Olympics rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, opens at Br…
Eric Simonson's biographical Broadway play Magic/Bird, about the iconic players who defined the sport of
basketball in the 1980s, features Kevin Daniels as Earvin "Magic" Johnson (of the Lo…
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MAGICBIRD, currently in previews, will officially open with a 7 p.m. performance on Wednesday April 11th. The production highlights have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first lo…
