Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo are shooting for their production of Eric Simonson's basketball play, Magic/Bird, to have a March 21, 2012, Broadway opening following a Feb. 27 f…
Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo Lombardi will next present MAGICBIRD on Broadway, reuniting with Tony-nominated director Thomas Kail Lombardi, In The Heights and Lombardi playwright …
The basketball drama Magic/Bird, which traces the fierce competitive streak and eventual friendship between NBA icons Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Larry Bird, is readying to bounce…
On Twitter Watch, Magic Johnson wrote So excited for the MagicBird Broadway play Have some really amazing people involved and it's going to be great.Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo L…
It’s about time that somebody adapted basketball for Broadway. A sport full of triumph…tragedy….dancing cheerleaders – what could be better? Thomas Kail has been sele…
Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo Lombardi announced today members of their creative team. Tony nominee Thomas Kail Lombardi, In The Heights will reunite with Lombardi playwright and O…
Thomas Kail, the Tony Award-nominated director of In the Heights and Lombardi will direct the new sports-minded play Magic/Bird, written by Lombardi playwright Eric Simonson and produced by …
Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail will direct the Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Magic / Bird, a new play about basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin 'Magic' Jo…
Eric Simonson's Magic / Bird, a new play about basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, will play Broadway in 2012, with a theater and specific dates to be announced.…
The website for the upcoming Broadway play, MAGICBIRD, produced by Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo Lombardi, is now online. A new play by Oscar winner and Lombardi playwright Eric Simonson, MA…
NBA star and activist Magic Johnson spoke about the play based on his friendship and rivalry with Larry Bird, heading to the Great White Way in 2012. He compared it to the much talked-about …
Lombardi playwright Eric Simonson will bring the story of two more famed sports figures to Broadway in 2012 with his new play Magic/Bird. The show will follow the intertwined lives of iconic…
Eric Simonson's Magic / Bird, a new play about basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, will play Broadway in 2012, with a theater and specific dates t…
While the NBA All-Star Weekend unfolds in Los Angeles, it was announced today that Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, the Producers of Lombardi currently running on Broadway at Circle in the Squ…
Legit News: New play about basketball greats slotted for 2012 -- "Lombardi" producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo are in pre-game for another sports-themed theater outing, announcing a 201…