JUST ANNOUNCED! MATTY RETURNS TO NEW YORK OFF-BROADWAY!
REVIVAL SPRING (Mid-April) 2025 at Actors Temple Theatre!
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Welcome to The Matty Website
I began researching the life of Christy Mathewson in the Summer of 1984. It was August of that year that I made my first trip to Factoryville, Pennsylvania, my first trip to Bucknell University’s beautiful campus in Lewisburg, my first trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum and Library in Cooperstown, New York — my first steps toward compiling my play, “Matty: An Evening With Christy Mathewson.”
Years, countless thousands of miles, hundreds of hours, dozens of archives and scores of interviews later I sit here trying to write my thoughts about a man that I’ve grown to love.
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“Frierson is great charming company and tells a good tale . . . a polished performance . . . One doesn’t have tobe a baseball buff to enjoy this pleasant evening. Appealing! Charming! Amusing! Great!”
To read this entire review click: The New York Times
“Frierson is totally convincing — not only giving, say, a beautifully technical account of the ‘fade-away,’ but in behaving seemingly with all the authority and knowledge of Mathewson’s acquired personal history. It’s pure virtuosity. A perfect pitch!”
— Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST
To read this entire review click: The New York Post
“Remarkable! This show is as memorable as an exciting World Series game and it wakes up the echoes about why we love baseball. When MATTY comes to your town don’t miss it! A great way to get hooked on baseball again!”
— Tim Wendel, USA TODAY
To read this entire review click: USA TODAY Baseball
“A great new play! If you could act your way into Cooperstown, Frierson would be there!”
— Kevin Fitzpatrick, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
To read this entire review click: Sermon on the Mound
“A magnificent trip back in time! I recommended it highly!”
— Keith Olbermann,
ESPN (formerly of MSNBC, KTLA and FOXSPORTS NETWORK)
“Holy Cow! It’s a hit! Frierson and director Kerrigan Mahan have given this piece a shape rarely found in one-person shows!”
— TimeOut! NEW YORK
To read this entire review click: Time Out New York
“Eddie Frierson puts flesh on the MATTY myth and brings one of the games greatest back to life in magnificent form!”
— Ray Robinson, THE SPORTING NEWS
To read Ray Robinson’s feature article on MATTY click: The Sporting News
“It’s 100 percent true that you don’t have to be a baseball fan to be completely engaged by Eddie Frierson’s performance. He leaves the audience with a real appreciation of Christy Mathewson, and the place and time in which he was an authentic American hero. On the other hand, if you are a baseball fan, you will be amazed at how much you didn’t know about “Matty,” his contemporaries, and the dramatic baseball events of their time.”
— Bob Costas, NBC SPORTS
To read this entire review click: NBC Sports
“‘MATTY,’ is a warm and genuinely affectionate tribute to a great ball player that’s sure to please anyone who truly loves the game. Wonderful yarns about baseball during its rowdy early days and colorful anecdotes about Mathewson’s fellow stars of the diamond make for an entertaining two hours even if you are not a baseball fan.”
— Michael Sommers, NEWARK STAR-LEDGER
To read this entire review click: The Start Leager
“Catches the spirit of the times — which includes, of course, the present — with great spirit and theatricality!”
— Ira Berkow
To read this entire review click: The New York Times
“Brilliant! Absolutely fantastic for the entire family!”
— WBAI RADIO, New York
To read this entire review click: WBAI-Pacifica Radio
“Whether you are a baseball fan or not, Eddie Frierson’s play, “MATTY: An Evening With Christy Mathewson,” is a superb theatrical experience!”
— WDVR-FM, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
To read this entire review click: NPR-WDVR
“MATTY hits a home run! One of the Year’s Ten Best Plays!”
— KCRW-FM, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
To read this entire review click: NPR-KCRW
“The Best One Man Show! Frierson is endearing, charming, sincere, and deserves as many praiseworthy adjectives as Mathewson had victories (373). Even the most baseball-phobic of the stagestruck would have a great time at this show!”
— THEATER WEEK
To read this entire article click: Theater Week
“An entertaining reprise of the life and times of one of baseball’s early greats. Frierson, as Mathewson looking back, pours energy and down-home charm into an evening of raconteur theater.”
— THE VILLAGE VOICE
To read this entire article click: The Village Voice
“It’s like there’s a 50-character play going on! ‘Matty’ is an inspiring evening of theatre, managing to be about more than “mere baseball,” with much to say to our own hyper-cynical time.”
— THE WESTSIDER
*To read the review of MATTY by D.L. Lepidus click: The Westsider
Latest Events
Upcoming Events
October 26, 2024 - POSTPONED UNTIL 2025 Date and Time TBA
H. J. RICKS CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
122 W. Main St.
Greenfield, Indiana 46140
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2024
TIME: 7:30pm
(more details coming soon!)
Coming Soon
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
February 21-23, 2025
7:30pm Fri-Sat
2:00pm Sunday matinee
MATTY ON CAPE COD!
COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
4404 Falmouth Road
Cotuit MA 02635
LAST STOP BEFORE NEW YORK REVIVAL!
February 21-23, 2025 on CAPE COD
Date: February 21-23, 2025
DATE TBA
Ty Cobb Museum
POSTPONED TO BE ANNOUNCED
THE TY COBB MUSEUM 461 Cook Street
Royston, Georgia 30662
Tentative Date: Summer, 2025
Coming Soon
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre (Rochester, NY)
POSTPONED TO LATER 2025 or EARLY 2026
A Return to the DOWNSTAIRS CABARET
THEATRE Rochester, New York
dates to be determined
Coming Soon
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE CHURCH
POSTPONED TO BE ANNOUNCED
301 Markham Woods Rd., Longwood, FL 32779 301
Markham Woods Road Longwood, Florida 32779
TIME: 7:30pm
(more details coming soon!)
Coming Soon
The Historic Malco Theatre
POSTPONED TO BE RESCHEDULED
Hot Springs, Arkansas details TBA
TBD
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P.O. Box 220323
Newhall, CA 91322-0323
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