Producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser today announced additional casting as well as the creative team for LOMBARDI, coming to Broadway's Circle in the Square this fall (previews begin September 23, opening night is October 21). The cast will feature Judith Light as Marie Lombardi, Keith Nobbs as Michael McCormick, Bill Dawes as Paul Hornung, Robert Christopher Riley as Dave Robinson and Chris Sullivan as Jim Taylor.
The creative team is David Korins (Set), Paul Tazewell (Costumes), Howell Binkley (Lighting), ACME Sound Partners/Nevin Steinberg (Sound), and Zach Borovay (Projections). As previously announced, LOMBARDI will star Dan Lauria and will be 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. Prior to its Broadway bow, LOMBARDI will run from July 22-28 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
LOMBARDI, a new American play from Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Maraniss.
Judith Light will play Marie Lombardi. She was last seen on the New York stage in Wit. She began her theatrical career in productions including A Doll's House and Herzl (Broadway); Measure for Measure (NY Shakespeare Festival); A Streetcar Named Desire (Toronto); and The Diary of Anne Frank (Los Angeles). She is perhaps best known for her roles on the long-running TV series "Who's the Boss?" and most recently on "Ugly Betty" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." She has received two Emmys, two Soapy awards and a Soap Opera Hall of Fame Award for her role as Karen Wolek on "One Life to Live." Judith has also appeared in numerous films for TV, as well as the ABC series "Phenom."
Keith Nobbs will play Michael McCormick. He made his Broadway debut in The Lion in Winter starring Laurence Fishburne and Stockard Channing directed by Michael Mayer. Other New York stage credits include Stupid Kids (dir. by Mayer); Hope is a Thing with Feathers and Free to be...You and Me (both Drama Dept); Four and Fuddy Meers (MTC); Dublin Carol and the world premiere of David Mamet's Romance (Atlantic) He is a member of The Drama Department and the Vineyard Theatre. TV includes HBO's "The Pacific;" "The Black Donnellys;" "The Sopranos;"and "Law & Order." Film credits include Double Whammy, Phone Booth, 25th Hour, and the independent films I Will Avenge You, Iago! and Premium.
Bill Dawes made his Broadway debut in Sex and Longing. His number TV credits include "Law & Order;" "Oz;" "Sex and the City;" "Damages;" and "All My Children." As a standup comic he's a regular at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood and has performed in Iraq for the troops.
Robert Christopher Riley will play Dave Robinson. He made his Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opposite James Earl Jones and Phylicia Rashad, directed by Debbie Allen. Other theatrical credits include Fences (Hartford Stage) and Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Baltimore Center Stage). Television credits: "Medium," "Nurse Jackie," "Royal Pains," "Last of the Ninth," "Victorious," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." Mr. Riley holds a MFA from Ohio University.
