Join us Monday, May 15th at 6:00 PM as we welcome back columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and author Mike Sielski as he discusses Philly Sports and the upcoming performances of TOMMY & ME at The Bucks County Playhouse with the first print journalist inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, Ray Didinger.
Free registration has closed. Seats will be reserved for everyone who pre-registered for this event. We will be seating those who registered for this event first and then anyone waiting on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows.
Learn more about TOMMY & ME HERE.
May 19 - June 17
By Ray Didinger
Directed by Nick Corley
Starring Gordon Clapp as Tommy
(Please note: Bruce Sabath will play Tommy for performances Thu. June 15- Saturday, June 17).
Magical things can happen when a boy meets his sports idol. Legendary Sports journalist Ray Didinger’s lifelong friendship with Philadelphia Eagles star wide receiver, Tommy McDonald, led both down an unexpected path — straight to Canton, OH and the National Football League’s Hall of Fame. “Tommy and Me” is a valentine to the relationship between sports stars and fans everywhere.
Runtime: 90 minutes with no intermission
Gordon Clapp of NYPD BLUE to Star in TOMMY AND ME at Bucks County Playhouse
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
MIKE SIELSKI is a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and author. The Associated Press Sports Editors voted him the country’s top sports columnist in 2015, and his previous book, Fading Echoes: A True Story of Rivalry and Brotherhood from the Football Field to the Fields of Honor, was published in 2009. Sielski lives in Bucks County, Pa., with his wife and two sons.
Ray Didinger was the first print journalist inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. As a columnist for the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Philadelphia Daily News, he was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year five times. In 1995, he won the Dick McCann Award for long and distinguished reporting on pro football, and his name was added to the writers’ honor roll at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also won six Emmy Awards as a writer and producer for NFL Films. He has authored or co-authored twelve books including The Eagles Encyclopedia and Finished Business: My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and Heartaches (both Temple) and The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies. His play, Tommy and Me, about his friendship with Eagles Hall of Famer Tommy McDonald, was produced by Theatre Exile in Philadelphia and premiered in 2016. He was a talk show host on 94WIP Sports Radio and a football analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia for more than 20 years.
