Dan Lauria, beloved by a generation for his role as Jack Arnold on The Wonder Years and seen recently by Broadway audiences in Lombardi and A Christmas Story, returns to the New York stage as star and playwright of the new mob comedy Dinner with the Boys.
Co-starring Ray Abruzzo from The Sopranos and Donnie Brasco’s Richard Zavaglia, the show is about two New Jersey wise guys on the outs whose fate depends on a perfect puttanesca.
In the spirit of great works about organized crime, Lauria shares with BroadwayBox 10 moments from mob movies that he’ll never forget.
1. Richard Widmark throwing Mildred Dunnock down the stairs in a wheel chair.
2. Kirk Douglas killing Luther Adler in The Brotherhood.
3. “Leave the gun, take the cannoli”: The Godfather.
4. Edward G. Robinson trying to shoot Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Little Caesar.
5. "On Top of The World Ma" Cagney in White Heat.
6. Cagney's death scene in Angles with Dirty Faces.
7. Cagney raping Doris Day in Love Me Or Leave Me.
8. Pacino shooting Sterling Hayden in The Godfather.
9. Bogart & Eddy G in Key Largo when Bogart tells Eddy G that what he really wants is; "MORE."
10. Bogart telling off the DA in Maltese Falcon.
Enjoy a meal with Dan Lauria and the gang in ‘Dinner with the Boys’ at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theater at Theater Row.
