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“Wasn’t he the guy who invented the screwball?” Oh, Christy Mathewson was much more than a great ball player, a hall-of-famer, a legend...WHEN? 🕓 Saturday, November 14 at 3:00 PM
WHERE? 🗺️ 700 N Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502
This evening of theatre is not a chronicle of a “goody-goody or a mollycoddle.” It is a collection of a man’s personal observances during a fascinating time in our history. Observances of his life. His life lived to the fullest.
Using baseball as a backdrop, Mathewson draws his experiences in the Big League as a metaphor for life. He raises many questions. Some are answered, some are not. But, according to him, “That’s the way life is. You can sum it up with the title of the Cohan song, LIFE’S A VERY FUNNY PROPOSITION, AFTER ALL.”
I, Eddie Frierson, have tried my best to tie all of these writings together and this play is the final result. 95% of the words in “Matty” belong to “The Big Six.” I only added some here and there to tie up loose transitions and to give the play some sense of order.
So, this play isn’t a conventional one. It is the memoir of a great American life, as it was experienced, by the man who experienced it.
MATTY: An Evening With Christy Mathewson has become a huge success. But, I am certain, that this success has much more to do with the man I chose as its subject than with me and my performance. Through my stage play, I am PROUD to introduce a whole new generation to my dear friend, Christy Mathewson.
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700 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA, United States, California 91502
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