The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd—it’s what every baseball player dreams of. In 1947, Jackie Robinson had broken baseball’s color barrier, while Satchel Paige and his Negro League All-Stars were barnstorming against their white counterparts in the Majors. It was baseball by day and jazz by night as the impassioned and devoted players tried to find their place in a country on the verge of change.
Sponsorship & Support: Emerson; The National Endowment for the Arts
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing was a co-production with the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
