Summary
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Cast
John Cusack
David Shayne
Chazz Palminteri
Cheech
Dianne Wiest
Helen Sinclair
Jennifer Tilly
Olive Neal
Mary-Louise Parker
Ellen
Tracey Ullman
Eden Brent
Jim Broadbent
Warner Purcell
Joe Viterelli
Nick Valenti
Harvey Fierstein
Sid Loomis
Rob Reiner
Sheldon Flender
Jack Warden
Julian Marx
Tony Sirico
Rocco
Victor Colicchio
Waterfront Hood
Louis Eppolito
Waterfront Hood
Gene Canfield
Waterfront Hood
Peter Castellotti
Waterfront Hood
John Di Benedetto
Waterfront Hood
John Ventimiglia
Waterfront Hood
Lisa Arturo
Three Deuces Chorus Line
Carol Lee Meadows
Three Deuces Chorus Line
Meghan Strange
Three Deuces Chorus Line
Leigh Torlage
Three Deuces Chorus Line
Debra Wiseman
Three Deuces Chorus Line
Paul Herman
Maitre d'
Stacey Nelkin
Rita
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Lili
Charles Cragin
Rifkin
Nina von Arx
Josette
Shannah Laumeister Stern
Movie Theatre Victim
Brian McConnachie
Mitch Sabine
Edie Falco
Lorna
Debi Mazar
Vi
Frank Aquilino
Hood
John Doumanian
Backstage Well-Wisher
Dayle Haddon
Backstage Well-Wisher
Tony Darrow
Aldo
Howard Erskine
Theater Well-Wisher
Benay Venuta
Theater Well-Wisher
Jennifer Van Dyck
Olive's Understudy
Peter McRobbie
Man at Theatre
José Alvarez
Waterfront Hood (uncredited)
Rick Washburn
Movie Theatre Hitman (uncredited)