LOMBARDI star DAN LAURIA in New York Post

LOMBARDI Star DAN LAURIA  Featured in New York Post

“as” Vince Lombardi

In the sports pages of Sunday’s New York Post, actor Dan Lauria took on his onstage alter ego Vince Lombardi in an interview with Steve Serby.   Lauria is currently starring on Broadway as the legendary coach in LOMBARDI at Circle in the Square Theatre, 50^th Street, west of Broadway.

Q: Coach Lombardi, if one of your teams suffered the kind of collapse the Giants did against the Eagles, what would you tell your team?

A: I’d say this has happened to test our steel. What kind of men are you now? The measure of a man is not how he falls down, but how he pulls himself off the ground.

Q: How emotional would you get during the week?

A: I’d be emotional in practice during the week. If I saw somebody with his head down, I’d be in their face right away [saying], “This game is the game in front of us. You’re a pro. You move forward. You don’t move back.”

Q: What would you tell the Packers in this spot?

A: You got the Giants on their heels. You gotta go at them right away and they’ll collapse. READ MORE HERE

LOMBARDI’s Dan Lauria on Sirius Radio today 12/17

Dan Lauria, star of LOMBARDI, on Sirius Radio today

Dan Lauria, who stars as the titular role in the hit Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio today.  Tune in to “Mad Dog Unleashed” on Sirius Channel 123 during the 3pm hour today, December 17, to listen to Dan Lauria’s interview with Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.

Directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail, LOMBARDI is an original play by Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss.  The production opened on Thursday, October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

LOMBARDI in the News

LOMBARDI

In The News

The hit Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened on Thursday, October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail, LOMBARDI is an original play by Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss.

The cast features Keith Nobbs as Michael McCormick, Bill Dawes as Paul Hornung, Robert Christopher Riley as Dave Robinson and Chris Sullivan as Jim Taylor.  Joining producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser as special producing partner is the National Football League, marking the organization’s first foray on Broadway.

The production has been featured in the news recently.

SHOWTIME “Inside the NFL”

Inside the NFL comes to Broadway to interview the cast of LOMBARDI, catch some rehearsal, and take a back stage tour of Circle in the Square.  Click above to watch video.

WNBC “LX New York”

Judith Light joins us in the studio to talk about being on Broadway in the play Lombardi and how it’s not just for football fanatics.  Click above to watch video.

Fast Chat: Dan Lauria has a field day in ‘Lombardi’

BY JOSEPH V. AMODIO

Newsday

Dan Lauria sits with a bowl of mushroom barley soup at a diner near the Circle in the Square theater, where he stars in “Lombardi,” a new play that opened last week.

The famous gruff TV dad – from “The Wonder Years” – plays legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, with a famous TV mom – Judith Light, of “Who’s the Boss?” – as his ever-patient, wisecracking wife. The play reveals the fragile, complicated relationship they maintained while he did the impossible: transform a lousy NFL team into a winning machine that nabbed five league championships in seven years. No other coach has come close to that feat.

Meet the cast of Broadway’s LOMBARDI led by Dan Lauria and Judith Light, on line and in person

MEET THE CAST OF LOMBARDI ON LINE AND IN PERSON

You can meet the company of the new Broadway play LOMBARDI on line at the above link  or in person this Sunday September 26 when stars Dan Lauria (Vince Lombardi) and Judith Light (Marie Lombardi) sign autographs at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market in Shubert Alley from 11 AM-12:15 PM.

Dan Lauria, star of Broadway’s LOMBARDI on WCBS TV this Sunday September 12

LOMBARDI’s DAN LAURIA

On WCBS TV This Sunday September 12

The new American play LOMBARDI makes it Broadway bow later this month and this Sunday September 12, you can see  star Dan Lauria on WCBS TV’s Sunday morning news broadcast between 7 – 8 AM (Channel 2 in the tri-state area), when he and The Broadway League’s Charlotte St. Martin are interviewed by anchor Maurice DuBois.  They’ll also be talking about “Broadway on Broadway” which takes place later that day in the heart of Times Square.  Dan Lauria and co-star Judith Light will be part of the annual event that attracts thousands of theatre enthusiasts.

LOMBARDI will begin previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre (50^th street west of Broadway)  on Thursday, September 23, 2010 and officially open on Thursday, October 21.

BBB Fall Preview: Lombardi

Producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser will present LOMBARDI at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre this fall. Starring Dan Lauria as ‘Vince Lombardi’ and Judith Light as ‘Marie Lombardi’, this new American play is written by Academy Award® winner Eric Simonson and directed by Tony Award® nominee Thomas Kail. Joining Ponturo and Kirmser as special producing partner is the National Football League, marking the organization’s first foray on Broadway. LOMBARDI is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by Pulitzer Prize® winning author David Maraniss. The cast features Keith Nobbs as ‘Michael McCormick’, Bill Dawes as ‘Paul Hornung’, Robert Christopher Riley as ‘Dave Robinson’ and Chris Sullivan as ‘Jim Taylor.’

 

LOMBARDI in the New York Post and Daily News

“The Play Football Widows Have Waited For” – New York Daily News

LOMBARDI

IN THE NEWS

Performances Begin September 23

LOMBARDI brings the audience into the life and times of legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi, one of America’s most inspirational and mercurial personalities. Directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail, LOMBARDI is written by Academy Award winning playwright Eric Simonson and based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss. Previews begin Thursday, September 23 ahead of a Thursday, October 21, 2010 Opening at the Circle in the Square.

Starring Dan Lauria and Judith Light as Vince and Marie Lombardi, the cast also features Keith Nobbs as Michael McCormick, Bill Dawes as Paul Hornung, Robert Christopher Riley as Dave Robinson and Chris Sullivan as Jim Taylor. Joining producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser as special producing partner is the National Football League, marking the organization’s first foray on Broadway.

The production was recently featured in the New York Daily News and the New York Post.

LOMBARDI’s Dan Lauria on WFUV Radio Saturday August 21

LOMBARDI’s Dan Lauria on WFUV Radio Saturday August 21

Dan Lauria, who will star as football great Vince Lombardi in  the new American play LOMBARDI on Broadway this fall, will be interviewed on Fordham University’s WFUV Radio (90.7 FM) this Saturday August 21 just after 2 PM by Bob Ahrens.

The legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers coach attended  Fordham on a football scholarship and became one of the Seven Blocks of Granite, a nickname given to the Fordham University football team’s offensive line.

LOMBARDI, written by Eric Simonson and directed by Thomas Kail, begins performances on September 23 at  Broadway’s Circle In The Square Theater; opening night is October 21.   It is produced by Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser, the National Football League is making its Broadway debut as a special producing partner.