Yogi & Carmen Berra host their Bronx Bombers counterparts Peter Scolari and Tracy Shayne at Yogi’s annual World Series viewing party at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.
Photo credit: 2013 Bruce Glikas
Get tickets: www.BronxBombersPlay.com
Peter Scolari will star as baseball legend Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra in the new play exploring the history of the New York Yankees.
The New York Yankees and Major League Baseball will serve as special producing partners with Kirmser Ponturo Group on the Broadway run early next year of Bronx Bombers, a new play written and directed by Eric Simonson.
- David Rooney (via The Hollywood Reporter)
You can observe a lot by watching, Yogi Berra once said. Now New York Yankees fans can watch the malaprop-spouting legend on a Broadway stage. The Bronx Bombers, which opened this month at Off Broadway’s Primary Stages, will transfer to the Circle in the Square, with previews starting Jan. 10, 2014 before an official opening on Feb. 6.
Peter Scolari, who played opposite his Bosom Buddies costar Tom Hanks in Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy last spring, will play the now 88-year-old player-turned manager. He’ll be joined by his real-life wife, Tracy Shayne (Chicago), as Berra’s wife, Carmen.
- Thom Greir (via Entertainment Weekly)
