Watch Dan Lauria in “Lombardi” on Broadway
and it was quite an experience,”
continued Lauria. “But then Dom
got sick and so did Peter, and
they both passed. I didn’t feel
right about sending it out. When
Charley and Jack passed a couple
of years ago, the first person I
thought of was Gabe. I said if you
want to do this, let’s make a time
and I’ll turn down work and come
over there and we’ll see if we can
get it to work.”
In “Dinner With The Boys”, Dan
plays Charlie, an aging mobster
who lives as a “ghost” with Dom
in a New Jersey home as the pair
await their punishment from Big
Anthony, Jr. for failing to do a hit
they were ordered to do. It’s a
very funny comedy which shows a
different side of mobsters — from
Charlie’s work in the garden to
Dom’s culinary wonders in the
kitchen — and a story that truly believes you are what you eat.
“It’s deliberately written as an
old fashioned play,” explained
Lauria. “There are two acts. Even
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