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.
John Cusack
Chazz Palminteri
Dianne Wiest
Jennifer Tilly
Mary-Louise Parker
Tracey Ullman
Jim Broadbent
Joe Viterelli
Harvey Fierstein
Rob Reiner
Jack Warden
Tony Sirico
Victor Colicchio
Louis Eppolito
Gene Canfield
Peter Castellotti
Tony Conforti
John Di Benedetto
John Ventimiglia
Lisa Arturo
Rachel Black
Alison Cramer
Kelly Groninger
Jennifer Lamberts
Carol Lee Meadows
Jo Telford
Meghan Strange
Leigh Torlage
Debra Wiseman
Paul Herman
James Reno
Stacey Nelkin
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Charles Cragin
Gerald E. Dolezar
Nina von Arx
Shannah Laumeister Stern
Fran McGee
Annie-Joe Edwards
Brian McConnachie
Edie Falco
Kernan Bell
Hope W. Sacharoff
Debi Mazar
Nick Iacovino
Frank Aquilino
Sohrab Ardeshir
Molly Regan
Phil Stein
John Doumanian
Dayle Haddon
Tony Darrow
Howard Erskine
Benay Venuta
Ken Roberts
Jennifer Van Dyck
Peter McRobbie
José Alvarez
John Glenn Hoyt
Jeff Mazzola
Bruce Roberts
Patty Sherman
Bebie Waller
Rick Washburn