Well, this is pretty loopy: Playwright Eric Simonson and producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, the team behind Lombardi, are working on a Broadway show called Magic/Bird. The Chicago Tribune calls it “a piece telling the ‘intertwined life stories’ of the basketball greats Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson … [with] the backing of the National Basketball Association. Bird and Johnson will also participate.” It’ll be on Broadway in 2012. Brian Scalabrine just signed up for acting lessons. [Chicago Tribune via Ball Don’t Lie]
