McGuire' in the Final Four (link: http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=2/22/2007&id=19497)
Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of Al McGuire and Marquette University winning the NCAA basketball championship in Atlanta, and Al will return, sort of, to the Final Four and Atlanta.
The Final Four is being held in Atlanta again, and the Dick Enberg play "McGuire," featuring Milwaukee actor Cotter Smith, will be mounted for three performances during the NCAA finals weekend March 31 and April 1.
Enberg is the veteran sportscaster who teamed with McGuire on college basketball telecasts for many years after McGuire retired from coaching following the NCAA championship. McGuire died of a blood disorder in 2001, and Enberg wrote a one-man play about his close friend and colleague. The show, with Smith portraying the coach, premiered on the Marquette University campus in 2005 and was revived last year.
Tickets for the Atlanta performances are $25 and can be purchased by calling the Woodruff Arts Center at (404) 733-5000 or going online at www.alliancetheatre.org. The show will be staged at the Alliance Theatre.