Play About Eagles' Tommy McDonald, Written By Ray Didinger, Is Showing In Bucks

NEW HOPE, PA — The story of a lifelong fan's push to get Philadelphia Eagles star Tommy McDonald inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame is coming to the Bucks County Playhouse.

Ray Didinger, who has covered Philadelphia sports for decades, wrote the play "Tommy and Me" and will host a talk-back after most performances.

"Tommy and Me" is an autobiographical show, recounting " a seminal time in Ray’s life when he helped his lifelong hero get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame."

The show runs April 7-17 at the Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA 18938

McDonald, who died in 2018, played for the Eagles between 1957 and 1963 as a wide receiver. He was on the 1960 Eagles squad that defeated the Patriots 17-13 to win the Super Bowl.

McDonald hauled in a second-quarter touchdown pass from Norm Van Brocklin in that game.

Buck Shaw coached the 1960 Birds team, with Vince Lombardi at the helm for the Pats.

Didinger was the first print journalist inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and has won numerous awards for writing and producing. Many nights, a special guest will appear in conversation with him:

April 7 — Harold Carmichael, Eagles great and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
April 8 — Mike Sielski — Inquirer columnist and author of “The Rise,” the best-selling book about Kobe Bryant.
April 9 (2 p.m.) — Valerie Knight, 106.1 radio host.
April 9 (8 p.m.) — Glen Macnow, WIP radio.host.
April 10 — Dom Giordano, WPHT radio host.
April 14 — Herb Magee, Basketball Hall of Fame coach, Jefferson University
April 15 — Joe Conklin, comedian.
April 16 (2 p.m.) — Rob Charry, WIP radio host.
April 17 (2 p.m.) — Lou Tilley, former CN8 Sports Director

Tickets start at $55. Joe Caruso directs the play.

You can read more about the play in this 2018 community post, when "Tommy and Me" played in Delaware County.