Post by Observer2 on Nov 22, 2004 18:48:27 GMT -5
Someone said they had a question about a play D’Onofrio was in – Tooth of Crime (Second Dance). I remembered there used to be some info on the web, so I googled it. Funny thing is, our old thread from the USA (now Universal) board came up on one of the Google searches. 
It was fun reading our old exchanges. It reminded me of how much I had been hoping the success of Chicago would trigger a resurgence of movie musicals – and if anyone reading this board doesn’t know why, you obviously haven’t seen Mr. Wonderful. Go get yourself a copy, settle down in front of the TV, and wait for it. He doesn’t sing much in it, but makes up for that with quality (and don’t be fooled by the uneven bit at the beginning of the first song – that’s in-character, not a weakness in D’Onofrio’s singing).
We get the same thing with his acting in Mr. Wonderful – not much quantity – only three scenes – but he packs a lot of quality acting into them. In the first scene he’s in he gives us three different variations on embarrassment, a complex, layered emotion that few actors can portray convincingly at all. His final scene is brief but potent – and makes the lead couple seem even more dysfunctional by comparison. (Aside from his presence, this is a pretty weak movie, with lead characters to match.)
Anyway, back to Tooth of Crime (Second Dance).
Tooth of Crime was a musical play written by Sam Shepard in 1972. Interestingly, at some point early in his career Jamey Sheridan was in a production of it.
The 1996 production that Vincent D’Onofrio starred in, Tooth of Crime (Second Dance), was a re-write – from what I gather some of the dialog was up-dated by Shepard and new music and lyrics were written by T. Bone Burnett.
Reviews can still be found on the Net:
www.playbill.com/news/article/32725.html
www.secondstagetheatre.com/season18.html
At the playbill site is a great pair of pictures – mislabeled in more ways than one. The name of the co-star, whose picture is not shown, should be spelled Kirk Acevedo, not Kirck Acevdeo. And those pictures are both D’Onofrio.
I love the way those pictures are set up, with the red-gold version apparently staring at a blue-lit apparition of himself singing that has materialized out of the darkness. My personal interpretation is that he’ll be haunted by that apparition until he does at least one movie musical or rock opera... (I really like his singing – can you tell?)
Oh, and that invisible co-star? You’ll get a chance to see him when the mid-season series start. At least, according to www.kirkacevedo.com/ “...he will portray Dan Salazar, a young detective who was wounded in the line of duty and is now re-assigned and partnered with Detective Lenny Briscoe...” in a little thing called Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
I don’t know how seriously the character was injured, but thinking about the “ripped from the headlines” tradition I can’t help wondering if his character is based in part on a local cop here in the Washington, DC area who was shot in the line of duty and paralyzed from the chest down, but returned to the force, using a wheelchair, and still works as an investigator.
It was fun reading our old exchanges. It reminded me of how much I had been hoping the success of Chicago would trigger a resurgence of movie musicals – and if anyone reading this board doesn’t know why, you obviously haven’t seen Mr. Wonderful. Go get yourself a copy, settle down in front of the TV, and wait for it. He doesn’t sing much in it, but makes up for that with quality (and don’t be fooled by the uneven bit at the beginning of the first song – that’s in-character, not a weakness in D’Onofrio’s singing).
We get the same thing with his acting in Mr. Wonderful – not much quantity – only three scenes – but he packs a lot of quality acting into them. In the first scene he’s in he gives us three different variations on embarrassment, a complex, layered emotion that few actors can portray convincingly at all. His final scene is brief but potent – and makes the lead couple seem even more dysfunctional by comparison. (Aside from his presence, this is a pretty weak movie, with lead characters to match.)
Anyway, back to Tooth of Crime (Second Dance).
Tooth of Crime was a musical play written by Sam Shepard in 1972. Interestingly, at some point early in his career Jamey Sheridan was in a production of it.
The 1996 production that Vincent D’Onofrio starred in, Tooth of Crime (Second Dance), was a re-write – from what I gather some of the dialog was up-dated by Shepard and new music and lyrics were written by T. Bone Burnett.
Reviews can still be found on the Net:
www.playbill.com/news/article/32725.html
www.secondstagetheatre.com/season18.html
At the playbill site is a great pair of pictures – mislabeled in more ways than one. The name of the co-star, whose picture is not shown, should be spelled Kirk Acevedo, not Kirck Acevdeo. And those pictures are both D’Onofrio.
I love the way those pictures are set up, with the red-gold version apparently staring at a blue-lit apparition of himself singing that has materialized out of the darkness. My personal interpretation is that he’ll be haunted by that apparition until he does at least one movie musical or rock opera... (I really like his singing – can you tell?)
Oh, and that invisible co-star? You’ll get a chance to see him when the mid-season series start. At least, according to www.kirkacevedo.com/ “...he will portray Dan Salazar, a young detective who was wounded in the line of duty and is now re-assigned and partnered with Detective Lenny Briscoe...” in a little thing called Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
I don’t know how seriously the character was injured, but thinking about the “ripped from the headlines” tradition I can’t help wondering if his character is based in part on a local cop here in the Washington, DC area who was shot in the line of duty and paralyzed from the chest down, but returned to the force, using a wheelchair, and still works as an investigator.
Did he sing In "Desire" 
as Gavin! another debate I have had at times. any Info appreciated thanks love Katie. 
