Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting at Lookingglass Theatre Company
Dates: 1/4/2012 - 1/13/2012
📍 Theatre: Lookingglass Theatre Company
821 N Michigan Ave Chicago 60611
Chicago, Chicago 60611
Phone: 312-337-0665
Tickets: $20-$68
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April 9, 1947- Baseball’s Opening Day is one week away, and Branch Rickey, General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will call up Jackie Robinson to break the color-barrier and play as the Major League’s first black ballplayer. If he does, Robinson will face loud and heated opposition from virtually every owner, manager, and player in baseball – and it won’t be a cakewalk with the fans, either. Who will be his allies if he makes the most daring and important play of his life?
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