2004-2005 Season: Tuesdays with Morrie
This is the true account of how high-flying sports journalist Mitch Albom reconnected after many years with Morrie Schwartz, the revered former college professor he’d almost forgotten. His unexpected reward is a renewed relationship that yields the lesson of a lifetime.
As Morrie slowly succumbs to Lou Gehrig’s disease, Mitch makes a weekly pilgrimage from Detroit to Boston to spend Tuesday mornings with his mentor. They talk of life, love, community, work, family, forgiveness and the meaning of death. And when death comes, Mitch begins his final class assignment for Morrie, reporting the wisdom he has learned.
Albom’s original book has been on The New York Times Bestseller List for seven years. To date, the book has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Oprah Winfrey presented it as a multiple Emmy Award-winning television movie starring Jack Lemmon in 1999. Now the play brings the story of Mitch and Morrie wonderfully alive in an intimate, compelling drama written by Albom with Jeffrey Hatcher.