This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Lydia Diamond.
The “Toni Stone” playwright talks to the boys about her personal connection to the Negro Leagues pioneer and why she chose to tell her story, what it means to have her play back on the stage, writing through her COVID-impose lockdown and, of course, growing up a baseball fan and her crush on former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andujar,
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SHOW NOTES:
Lydia R. Diamond’s Toni Stone Begins Off-Broadway
Big-League Baseball’s First Woman, on a Stage of Her Own
In ‘Toni Stone,’ America’s Pastime Meets America’s Problem
Lydia Diamond Named Recipient of 2020 Horton Foote Playwriting Award
Enjoyed welcoming team members of the new Off-Broadway Toni Stone play to the NLBM! L-r: Actors Jonathan Burke, @april_matthis (Toni Stone), Ezra Knight, Kenn E. Head, Lydia R. Diamond (Playwright), Me & @pammackinnon (Director)! @MLB @MLB_PLAYERS @Royals @VisitKC @JayHarrisESPN pic.twitter.com/PPxpmtYp9E
— Bob Kendrick (@nlbmprez) April 30, 2019
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