Mike Tyson and Spike Lee to team up to take boxer’s one-man show to Broadway

By Mark Kennedy | Abbey Westbury
June 18 2012 02:04 PM

CP18994152 — FILE - This June 12, 2011 file photo shows former boxer Mike Tyson at the Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y. Tyson announced Monday, June 18, 2012 that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" to the Longacre Theatre in New York for six nights only, from July 31 to Aug. 5. The show, a raw confessional on the highs and lows of the life of the retired heavyweight and tabloid target, made its debut in April at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will mark Lee\'s debut as a Broadway director. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway.

The former boxer announced Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” to a Nederlander-owned theatre.

The show, a raw confessional on the highs and lows of the life of the retired heavyweight and tabloid target, made its debut in April at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

It will mark Lee’s debut as a Broadway director.

Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion ever in 1986 when he won his title as a 20-year-old. His life since then has been marred by accusations of domestic violence, rape and drug use.

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