Mosher to Direct Bway Revival of THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
By: Nicole Rosky Oct. 18, 2010
Tony Award nominee Gregory Mosher is set to direct the upcoming Broadway revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season. Rehearsals are set to begin in January of 2011.
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON is a drama about four men who reunite with their high school basketball coach for a 20th anniversary celebration of their state championship basketball game.
Twenty years since their ultimate victory, the former players--now an incumbent Mayor, a junior high school principal, a rich playboy entrepreneur and an alcoholic writer-- still rely on their coach for pep talks and guidance. During what may be their last reunion, secrets are revealed which could shatter their lives forever.
Schreiber is tapped for the role of small town mayor George Sitkowski who is engaged in corrput dealings with a former teammate at ehe reunion. Brian Cox has been tapped to play the coach. ,
The first production of CHAMPIONSHIP was developed at The Public Theater and moved to Broadway thereafter in 1972. That production starred Charles Durning, Paul Sorvino, Richard A. Dysart, Walter McGinn, and Michael McGuire.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos
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