Tuesdays With Morrie at Theater J

Tuesdays With Morrie

Theater J
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington

Based on the best-selling memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie is the powerful and moving story of Mitch Albom, a hard-driving sportswriter, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Directed by Jenna Place, this tender yet profound play recounts the two men reuniting as Morrie faces his own mortality as an ALS patient. What starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a beautiful lesson in humanity, compassion, and friendship.

Thru - Dec 5, 2021

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 202-777-3210

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Tuesdays With Morrie Reviews

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...There’s plenty of sharp crosstalk and good-natured nagging traded by actors Cody Nickell and Michael Russotto in “Tuesdays With Morrie,” the fact-based tear-jerker now onstage at Theater J. But it’s Russotto’s unspoken moments of unguarded despair that tug at the heartstrings with particular poignancy."

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- Thomas Floyd

DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"...Tuesdays with Morrie is a reminder that terrible things sometimes happen to the very best people. But it is also an uplifting declaration that while we all must die, some of us - the Morries and Joels of the world - live with such vibrancy that after we are gone, the best part of us stays alive in everyone and everything we have touched."

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- Nicole Hertvik

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"..."Tuesdays with Morrie" lives up to its reputation as a tear-jerking crowd-pleaser. Even the cynical among us may need tissues, not only for the inevitable and somber ending, but for the memories it brings up in those of us who have watched a loved one slowly succumb to disease or regret the moments we wasted with lost friends and family. Superbly acted with impeccable technical design, Theater J's "Tuesdays with Morrie" is a success that won't ruffle extended family's feathers this Thanksgiving and Hanukkah."

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- Charlotte Selton

Theatre Bloom - Highly Recommended

"...The script itself hews faithfully to its direct source material, Morrie Schwartz's lessons on living. Thus, the play abides with pithy, relevant quotes, yet our favorite occurs when Mitch challenges Morrie to admit that he envies the younger man his youth. Morrie responds that he does not, and elaborates: "The truth is, part of me is every age. I'm a three-year-old, I'm a five-year-old, I'm a thirty-seven-year-old, I'm a fifty-year-old. I've been through all of them, and I know what it's like. I delight in being a child when it's appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it's appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.""

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Tuesdays With Morrie at Theater J