Judith Light & More Set for Broadway Debut of Lombardi
Additional casting has been set for the forthcoming Broadway production of Eric Simonson's Lombardi, based on the life of famed football coach Vince Lombardi. Judith Light, Keith Nobbs, Bill Dawes, Robert Christopher Riley and Chris Sullivan join previously announced star Dan Lauria in the Thomas Kail-helmed stage biography. The show begins performances at Circle in the Square on September 23, with an official opening night set for October 21.
Light joins the cast as wife Marie Lombardi, while Nobbs appears as Michael McCormick, Dawes as Paul Hornung, Riley as Dave Robinson and Sullivan as Jim Taylor. Simonson’s script is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss, which chronicles the icon's journey from Brooklyn boy to master gridiron strategiest. Lombardi most notably was the coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959-1967, leading that team to five league championships.
Light was last seen on the New York stage in Wit. Broadway credits include A Doll’s House and Herzl. She is best known for role on the long-running TV Who’s the Boss? and Ugly Betty, as well as the soap opera One Life to Live, which earned her two Emmy Awards.
Nobbs made his Broadway debut in The Lion in Winter. Off-Broadway, he has been seen in Stupid Kids, Hope is a Thing with Feathers, Free to be…You and Me, Dublin Carol and Romance. TV credits include The Pacific, The Black Donnellys, The Sopranos and Law & Order.
Dawes’ Broadway debut came in Sex and Longing. His TV credits include Law & Order, Oz, Sex and the City, Damages and All My Children.
Riley was last seen on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Regional credits include Fences and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. On TV, he has been seen on Medium, Nurse Jackie, Royal Pains, Last of the Ninth, Victorious and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Sullivan makes his Broadway debut with Lombardi. Touring productions include Defending the Caveman. Regionally, he has been seen in The Ballad of Emmett Till, The Hairy Ape and The Mystery of Irma Vep.
The creative team is David Korins (Set), Paul Tazewell (Costumes), Howell Binkley (Lighting), Acme Sound Partners/Nevin Steinberg (Sound), and Zach Borovay (Projections).
