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Directed by Mark Lamos
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News
9/13/09 - Norwalk Hour - Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse Celebrating nearly 80 years of theater
Posted on 09/13/2009
By NINA SEN
Hour Correspondent
In an area rich with theater, the Westport Country Playhouse stands solid as a beacon of Americana. Great actors have graced the stage for almost 80 years but only recently... MORE
Review
9/4/09 - Ridgelea Reports - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Tom Nissley
“...The actors are terrific; the set is handsome; it’s hard to visit this production and not think about it for days that follow...” MORE
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9/4/09 - Scarsdale Inquirer - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Debra Banerjee
“...WCP’s got game... a triumph of teamwork with a wonderful ensemble cast... you’ll be thinking of the performances long after you leave the theater.” MORE
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9/4/09 - Danbury News-Times - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Chesley Plemmons
“...vibrant performances...” MORE
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9/4/09 - Stamford Advocate - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Irene Backalenick
“...solid...still has something to say...” MORE
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9/10/09 - Middletown Press - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Bonnie Goldberg
“...scores a hit.” MORE
News
9/3/09 - Journal News - That Championship Season
All things theatrical
Put me in, coach
By Peter Kramer
Robert Clohessy has been on some celebrated teams.He played corrections officer Sean Murphy on HBO’s prison drama, “Oz,” and appeared on “Hill Street Blues,” with another great ensemble.
On Broadway, he was Juror #6 in the Roundabout Theater’s much-hailed production of “Twelve Angry Men,” alongside Philip Bo... MORE
Review
9/3/09 - Minuteman - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By E. Kyle Minor
“...a sizzling production...its brute language, xenophobic characters and stark view of the American Dream jolt, grate and move as strongly as ever....snappy direction...the cast is superb...timely it is.” MORE
News
8/31/09 - Westport Real Estate News - That Championship Season/The Breath of Life
What's Happening at WCP MORE
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9/4/09 - Connecticut Post - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Irene Backalenick
“...timeless...an energetic, absorbing evening... solid, experienced players who handle the material well...” MORE
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9/3/09 - Yankee Pennysaver - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Marlene S. Gaylinn
“That Champion Season received rousing cheers...Why was everyone so moved? The answer is the play’s “Everyman” appeal...” MORE
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9/2/09 - Elm City Newspapers - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Tom Holehan
“...the play still resonates...astute direction...a strong cast...” MORE
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9/2/09 - Westport News - That Championship Season
That Championship Season
“Out of the Woods”
By Woody Klein
I cannot fail to link this past week's story line on Ted Kennedy's passion for winning to the play I saw at the Westport Country Playhouse last Saturday night, That Championship Season. One of the many competitive characteristics attributed to the late senator was an observation he reportedly made in recent years about l... MORE
Review
9/3/09 - Fairfield County Weekly - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Debra Kirouac
“...a powerful play and highly relatable for people, especially men, who bonded so closely with each other while playing sports in school.” MORE
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9/1/09 - Hartford Courant - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Susan Hood
“A winning 'Championship' at Westport...the implicit ideals of sportsmanship and how many never learn those invaluable lessons.” MORE
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8/31/09 - Newtown Bee - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
By Julie Stern
“...remarkable in its ability to capture both the intense power and joy of high school sports, as well as the inevitable corruption of youthful dreams, and the deterioration of spirit that comes with middle age... Miller wrote his play in 1972, but it has uncanny resonance today... beautifully acted...” MORE
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8/31/09 - Theatermania.com - Review Excerpt - That Championship Season
Review Excerpt:
by David Finkle
“Every once in a while a much-lauded work is revived that seems as cogent, if not more so, than when it first appeared....a superior production... these five fine actors grab their roles with both hands and shake them into memorable stage figures..” MORE
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8/30/09 - Connecticut Post - That Championship Season
Winning Play
Take in some meaty drama as Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport, presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "That Championship Season" through Sept. 12. MORE
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8/29/09 - WestportNow.com - That Championship Season
Opening Night Crowd
There was a reception for the opening night audience tonight following the debut of the Westport Country Playhouse’s current production of “That Championship Season,” directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Mark Lamos.
Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com MORE
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8/29/09 - WestportNow.com - Curtain Call - That Championship Season
Opening Night for “That Championship Season” at Playhouse
It was opening night tonight at the Westport Country Playhouse for “That Championship Season,” the one act Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning play which runs through Sept. 12. Taking their bows are (l-r): Skipp Sudduth, Robert Clohessy, John Doman (who plays the role of coach), Lou Libera... MORE
News
8/27/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
Westport Country Playhouse's THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
by BWW News Desk

Mark Lamos directs "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, "That Championship Season" by ... MORE
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8/26/09 - Minuteman - Symposium
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on August 30. MORE
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8/25/09 - WestportNow.com - That Championship Season
“That Championship Season” Begins Playhouse Previews
The cast takes a bow tonight following the debut preview performance of “That Championship Season,” the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning play at the Westport Country Playhouse. Pictured (l-r) are Skipp Sudduth, Robert Clohessy, John Doman (who plays the role of coach), Lou Liberatore and Tom... MORE
News
8/25/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
That Championship Season Begins Westport Run Aug. 25
By Adam Hetrick
The Westport Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season, begins performances Aug. 25.
Mark Lamos directs; it is Lamos' first production for the theatre since officially assuming the title of artistic director in February. He previously staged Of Mi... MORE
News
8/21/09 - Westport News - That Championship Season
A Taste of Tuesdays at Playhouse August 25 MORE
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8/25/09 - Hartford Courant - Symposium with Gersten
Lincoln Center's Gersten Tells of "Championship Season" at Westport
By
Frank Rizzo
In the '70s, Bernard Gersten was associate producer at The Public Theater in New York when "The Championship Season," premiered there, eventually winning the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize.
Now Gersten is executive producer at Lincoln Center. Gersten talks about producing the Jason Miller play f... MORE
News
8/21/09 - ConnecticutPlus.com - Symposium with Gersten
Westport Country Playhouse presents a Sunday symposium on “That Championship Season” MORE
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8/19/09 - Stamford Advocate - That Championship Season
Actors gearing up for 'Championship Season’
By Christina Hennessy
Staff Writer
For a group of former championship high school basketball players, life hasn't quite been the slam dunk they believed it would be.
Those lost chances, failed expectations and betrayals are... MORE
News
8/20/09 - Playbill.com - Symposium with Bernard Gersten
Gersten to Discuss That Championship Season at Westport Aug. 30
By Adam Hetrick
Lincoln Center Theater executive producer Bernard Gersten will participate in a symposium on That Championship Season at the Westport Country Playhouse on Aug. 30.
Westport associate artistic director David Kennedy will lead the free sympo... MORE
News
8/20/09 - Fairfield County Weekly - That Championship Season
7 Days
By FCW Editorial
TUESDAY AUGUST 25
Winners and Losers
Signs announcing a championship win for some high school sports team whose members graduated years (or even decades) ago welcome people into towns across the country. For better or worse, we're enamored of the athletic victories of our kids or of our own adolescence. That's why Jason Miller's Pulitzer-winning play Tha... MORE
News
8/20/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - Symposium with Bernard Gersten
Westport Country Playhouse To Present Symposium With Lincoln Center Theater's Bernard Gersten 8/30
by BWW News Desk
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, "‘That Championship Season': Rediscovering an American Classic," following the Sunday, August 30, 3 p.m. matinee performance of "That Championship Season." Guest speaker will be Bernard Gersten, executive... MORE
News
8/20/09 - The Hour - That Championship Season
Prize -winning ' Championship Season' opens at WCP
By GLORIA COLE
Hour Correspondent
Inside a shabby living room in a Pennsylvania small town, five men gather to celebrate their annual reunion. It is 20 years since they won the state basketball championship from the big city team and they treasure that trophy as much as they revere the coach who led them to their victory. It is th... MORE
News
8/20/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
Lamos Directs 'That Championship Season' At Westport Country Playhouse
Through Sept. 12
By Frank Rizzo
WESTPORT - A 20-year reunion of four high school basketball players and their coach lead to dramatic truth-telling in Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "That Championship Season" which begins performances Wednesday at the Westport Country Playhouse. Mark Lamos directs the ... MORE
News
8/20/09 - Wilton Villager - That Championship Season
Prize -winning ' Championship Season' opens at WCP
By GLORIA COLE
Inside a shabby living room in a Pennsylvania small town, five men gather to celebrate their annual reunion. It is 20 years since they won the state basketball championship from the big city team and they treasure that trophy as much as they revere the coach who led them to their victory. It is the coach, the host of the... MORE
Press Release
8/20/09 - Symposium with Bernard Gersten
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, “‘That Championship Season’: Rediscovering an American Classic,” following the Sunday, August 30, 3 p.m. matinee performance of “That Championship Season.” Guest speaker will be Bernard Gersten, executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater and former associate producer of The Public Theater in New York (1960 – 1978), ... MORE
Press Release
8/17/09 - A Taste of Tuesdays on Aug. 25
“A Taste of Tuesdays” at Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Taste of Tuesdays” on August 25, 6:30 p.m., during preview week of “That Championship Season,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Written by Jason Miller, “That Championship Season” is the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos s... MORE
News
7/30/09 - NorwalkPlus.com - That Championship Season
Casting is announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, “That Championship Season” by Jason Miller will run August 25 through Sep... MORE
News
7/29/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
Westport's "Championship Season" Gathers Its Team
By Frank Rizzo
Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Lou Liberatore, Tom Nellis and Skipp Sudduth make up the cast for the Westporrt Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning "That Championship Season." Mark Lamos, artistic director of the theater, will stage the revival which runs Aug. 25 to Sept. 12.
... MORE
News
7/29/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
Clohessy, Doman, Liberatore, Nelis and Sudduth to Relive That Championship Season at Westport
By Adam Hetrick
Casting has been announced for the Westport Country Playhouse production of Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season.
Westport artistic director Mark Lamos will direct the production that runs Aug. 25-Sept. 12. The play marks Lamos' first... MORE
News
7/29/09 - Theatermania.com - That Championship Season
Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Skipp Sudduth Cast in Westport's That Championship Season
By: Andy Propst
Robert Clohessy, John Doman, Lou Liberatore, Tom Nelis and Skipp Sudduth have been cast in the Westport Country Playhouse revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season. The production, staged by the theater's artistic director Mark Lamos, will run August 25 -September 12. MORE
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7/29/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
Westport Country Playhouse Announces Clohessy, Doman, Nelis & More in THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 8/25-9/12
by BWW News Desk
Casting is announced for "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, ... MORE
Press Release
7/29/09 - Casting for "That Championship Season"
Casting Announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse
Casting is announced for “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, the first production to be directed by Mark Lamos since he was named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Ci... MORE
News
7/27/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
Robert Clohessy to "Championship Season"
By
Frank Rizzo
Look for Robert Clohessy to be featured in "That Championshiop Season' at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Mark Lamos. The show plays Aug. 25 to Sept. 12.
Clohessy was in Hartford Stage's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune." MORE
News
7/25/09 - 06880danwoog.com - Give Blood, Get a WCP Ticket
Blood and the Playhouse
By Dan Woog
Beyond the fact that both are vivid shades of red, the Westport Country Playhouse and blood seem to have little in common.
But on August 3-8 the Playhouse will sponsor blood drives in New York and Greenwich. Each donor receives a voucher for a free ticket to a 2009 or 2010 production — including the upcoming “How the Other Half Loves” and ... MORE
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7/09 - Westport Magazine - Best of Award
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Best Way to Entertain Us - Performing Arts
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7/2/09 - Westport News - That Championship Season
Lamos Slated to Direct at Playhouse MORE
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7/2/09 - Minuteman - That Championship Season
Mark Lamos to Direct at WCP MORE
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7/2/09 - New England Entertainment Digest - That Championship Season
Mark Lamos to Direct That Championship Season at Westport Country Playhouse
WESTPORT, CT: Mark Lamos will direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport , Connecticut . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, “That Cham... MORE
News
6/22/09 - Hersam-Acorn Newspapers - That Championship Season
Westport Playhouse: Llamos to direct That Championship Season
Written by Sally Sanders
Mark Lamos will direct That Championship Season at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, That Championship Season b... MORE
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6/17/09 - Playbill.com - That Championship Season
Lamos Will Stage That Championship Season for Westport Country Playhouse
By Adam Hetrick
Mark Lamos will direct Jason Miller's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season, for his inaugural production as artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse.
The classic 1972 play is scheduled to run Aug. 25-Sept. 12. MORE
News
6/17/09 - WestportNew.com - That Championship Season
Playhouse Announces Fifth Play of 2009 Season
The Westport Country Playhouse today announced that its fifth play of the six-play 2009 season will be “That Championship Season,” a 1972 play by Jason Miller that won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
The play, which also won a New York Drama Critics Circle and debuted off-Broadway and later moved to Broadway for an almost two-year run... MORE
Press Release
6/17/09 - That Championship Season
2009 Season’s Fifth Production Announced:
Mark Lamos Will Direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse
Mark Lamos will direct “That Championship Season” at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York... MORE
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6/17/09 - BroadwayWorld.com - That Championship Season
Mark Lamos Directs 'That Championship Season' At Westport Country Playhouse
by BWW News Desk
Mark Lamos will direct "That Championship Season" at Westport Country Playhouse, his first production since being named artistic director in February 2009 at the historic theater in Westport, Connecticut. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award, "That Cha... MORE
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6/17/09 - Theatermania.com - tick, tick...BOOM! and That Championship Season
Mark Lamos to Direct That Championship Season at Westport; Scott Schwartz Set for Sunday Symposium
By: Dan Bacalzo
Westport Country Playhouse's new artistic director Mark Lamos will direct his first production for the Connecticut-based theater, That Championship Season, to run August 25-September 12.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Award,... MORE
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6/17/09 - Hartford Courant - That Championship Season
Lamos to Direct "Championship Season" at Westport
By
Frank Rizzo
Mark Lamos will direct the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Jason Miller's "That Championship Season" at the Westport Country Playhouse where he is the new artistic director.
The play will be presented Aug. 25 to Sept. 12, following the runs of the musical "tick...tick...BOOM!" and the British comedy "How the Other ... MORE
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