As the title coach in the hit Broadway sports drama Lombardi, Dan Lauria functions as a motivational figure both on and offstage. In the same way that any football coach readies for a game, Lauria has his own pre-performance rituals, arriving an hour early for each show for a shower “to remove the day” and move into the Lambeau Field mindset. Lauria invited Broadway.com to his backstage dressing room at Circle in the Square Theatre to show off his pre-game essentials. Take a look!
Photo by Jenny Anderson for Broadway.com
“Every day I pick up coffee for Judith Light and myself, and on matinee days she brings soup for both of us. That’s kind of our tradition.”
“[Co-star] Keith Nobbs gave me this picture of James Cagney because I give the young actors old movies to study. As they walk by my room, I shout ‘What did you watch?’ and if they say ‘Oh, we didn’t have time today,’ I yell at them. I think Cagney would have been a great Lombardi.”
“This is a knob from a cabinet in the basement of Vince Lombardi’s house. It’s like a good luck charm.”
“Everybody knows ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Dan Lauria Shows Off His Lombardi Coaching Quarters
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