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Dan Lauria, who stars as the titular role in the hit Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be a guest on Sirius Satellite Radio today.

While football and baseball have been slugging it out for decades for the title of America's Most Popular Sport, there's no doubt that the latter is Broadway's baby, boasting Tony-winners Damn Yankees and Take Me Out.  Aside from inspiring amusing songs for Wonderful Town and High Button Shoes, football's longest Broadway run was the short-lived musical All-American, which featured the unlikely combination of Ray Bolger acting in scenes written by Mel Brooks.  Heck, even basketball (That Championship Season) and rugby (The Changing Room) have fared better on Broadway than football.

The producers of Broadway's LOMBARDI today announced that they will offer a $40 ticket for the Veteran's Day performance, this Thursday November 11 at 8 PM at Circle in the Square (50th Street west of Broadway), to all current and former members with a military ID; each ID is good for a pair of tickets.

Director Anna D. Shapiro of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company has been awarded the 2010 Princess Grace Statue Award, The Princess Grace Foundation has announced. Shapiro previously received a Princess Grace Theater Apprenticeship in 1996.

Take your picture with a legend! The Vince Lombardi Super Bowl trophy, named for the iconic Hall of Fame football coach and title character of the Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be on display in the lower lobby of the Circle in the Square Theatre from Tuesday, November 9 to Friday, November 12 for anyone holding tickets to that day's performance.

The producers of Broadway's LOMBARDI today announced that they will offer a $40 ticket for the Veteran's Day performance, this Thursday November 11 at 8 PM at Circle in the Square (50th Street west of Broadway), to all current and former members with a military ID; each ID is good for a pair of tickets.

Judith Light, currently starring opposite Dan Lauria as the legendary football coach Vince Lombardi's wife Marie in the new Broadway play LOMBARDI, was a guest on WNBC's 'LX New York' 5pm newscast on Thursday, November 4.

Take your picture with a legend! The Vince Lombardi Super Bowl trophy, named for the iconic Hall of Fame football coach and title character of the Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be on display in the lower lobby of the Circle in the Square Theatre from Tuesday, November 9 to Friday, November 12 for anyone holding tickets to that day's performance.

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NPR reporter Mike Pesca visited the new American play LOMBARDI on Broadway and spoke to Dan Lauria who stars as Vince Lombardi; Judith Light who stars as Marie Lombardi; the NFL's Tracy Perlman; and also to Steve Sabol, President of NFL Films and Merril Hoge, a former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears, and currently an ESPN commentator.

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be featured on NPR's Weekend Morning Edition tomorrow Saturday October 30. Morning Edition airs in New York between 8-10 AM on 820 AM and 93.9 FM.

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Last night, Light's former Who's The Boss Co-star, Tony Danza, visited the LOMBARDI crew backstage following the night's show. BroadwayWorld brings you the backstage photos below.

Tune in tomorrow night Wednesday October 27 at 9 PM when Showtime's 'Inside the NFL' comes to Broadway and interviews the cast of Broadway's LOMBARDI starring Dan Lauria and Judith Light, and gets a backstage tour as well.

Tony Ponturo, CEO of Ponturo Management Group and co-producer of the recently opened Broadway play LOMBARDI, will be inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame at their annual banquet at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Wednesday night, October 27.

LOMBARDI's Judith Light on 'The Today Show' Tomorrow Tue Oct 26 in the 10 AM hour

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened on Thursday October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway) - Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld were there to capture all the excitement of opening night with interviews with the cast and highlights from the show!

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night, October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway) and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the opening night arrivals!.

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night Thursday October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway) and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the opening night party!.

The new Broadway play LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened last night Thursday October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway) and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the opening night curtain call!.

LOMBARDI, a new American play from Academy Award-winning playwright Eric Simonson, is based on the best-selling Vince Lombardi biography 'When Pride Still Mattered', by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss. LOMBARDI, starring Dan Lauria as the legendary Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi and Judith Light as his wife Marie, opened Thursday October 21 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, (50th, west of Broadway).