One of my favorite monologues from the production is when Morrie explains why he doesn’t envy youth and why people should not be afraid of growing old.Īging is not just decay, you know. One visit led to 14 consecutive Tuesdays where Albom flew down to Massachusetts at considerable professional sacrifice to spend time with his old friend and to learn the routes to a truly “Road to Damascus” turnaround in his own life. Now 78, he was withering away with a condition called Lou Gehrig’s disease his brain was fully functional, but the rest of his body was in a state of deterioration. Then one night, 16 years after he had last seen Morrie Schwartz, he was watching “Nightline” and Morrie was the guest. His life was frantic planes, trains, cellphones, copy deadlines and TV shows. Morrie constantly insists that he “doesn’t give advice,” but in reality he is a fountain of it.Ī tearjerker to be sure, but the stage incarnation is also an opportunity for two actors to connect with an audience and give performances that resonate long after the show is over.įor those who have managed to avoid all the hype about the book, the Broadway play and the subsequent TV movie, “Tuesdays with Morrie” documents the relationship between Morrie Schwartz, a real-life sociology prof, and Mitch Albom, one of his students at Brandeis University, which is where the relationship begins.Īlbom, who is Mitch in the play, went on to be a highly successful sports journalist who covered coveted calendar highlights such as the Olympics and the Super Bowl. This two-man play looks at issues of love, death and other life lessons all made bearable through the advice of one extraordinary old man. This group of older folk don’t command they offer advice based on priceless experience.
They usually own an impressive collection of wrinkles on their wise and smiling faces and their eyes tell us they’ve seen a lot more than we have.
But the simple truth is that there really are individuals out there who do know better than we do. Not many of us like to be told what to do. The work’s central message is that for those who live fully, who love, who give, death is just one part of that life. Written for the stage by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher, and based on Albom’s best-selling book “Tuesdays with Morrie,” it is a feast for the mind and heart.ĭanny Vaccaro and Richert Easley create Morrie’s world and they do it with artistry and joy. “Tuesdays with Morrie” is a heartwarming play that combines comedy, drama and poignancy, all in a perfect blend.
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