Cobb
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 8, 2000
Closed Feb 11, 2001
Opened Nov 8, 2000
Closed Feb 11, 2001
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The Melting Pot Theatre Company presents Cobb, the new play by Lee Blessing that explores the life of baseball immortal Ty Cobb. This production is a poignant look at the pained, racist and cut throat experience of the baseball immortal and original Hall of Famer. Three different actors will portray Cobb at three different stages of his life. Blessing's view of the legend is drawn from the unveiled personality failures that were ignored during his money making days for baseball.
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Last weekend, over dirty martinis and Amstel Light at a chic East Side lounge, the subject turned to--of all things--baseball. Tiger baseball, thanks to the three native Detroiters in the party. "Ty Cobb," said someone, raising a beer as a toast, "greatest player of all time." Even the Red Sox fans at the table couldn't argue with that. Of course, Cobb was also, as someone else put it, "the biggest a--hole ever to play baseball." Again, no arguments.
Those two near-indisputable opinions, and many more, are packed into Cobb, Lee Blessing's engaging, heated drama at the Mint Theater (presented by the Melting Pot Theatre Company). The play clocks in at a lean 75 minutes--not even four full i[...]