With the start of the 2020 Olympic Games July 23 in Tokyo, Japan, theatre fans can get in on the action even if their hand-eye coordination isn't as good as their pas de bourrée.
Given the theatricality of competition, it's easy to see why sports have ended up on stage. Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, for instance, proved so popular, it was turned into a musical with Sammy Davis, Jr.
From the screen-to-stage musical adaptations of Rocky and Bring it On to the straight plays like The Wolves and Take Me Out, check out some of the best shows about sports below.
Denis O'Hare and Daniel Sunjata in Take Me Out.
Joan Marcus
The cast of The Wolves at Lincoln Center Theater
Julieta Cervantes
Ruibo Qian and Tim Liu in The Great Leap
Kevin Berne
Ray Walston and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees
Andy Karl in Rocky
Matthew Murphy
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Joan Marcus
The cast of Good News
Zoë Winters and Alex Breaux
Joan Marcus
Clarke Peters with Khris Davis in The Royale
Seth Numrich, Danny Burstein, and Danny Mastrogiorgio in Golden Boy
Sammy Davis, Jr. in Golden Boy
Christian Litke and Terence Archie in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Joan Marcus
Tug Coker and Kevin Daniels in Magic/Bird
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