Icarus

"Icarus"
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Production number: 10007 First aired: 19 June 2011
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Written By Julie Martin Directed By Frank Prinzi

Plot

A sitcom star turned Broadway actor is killed performing a stunt in a controversial and highly technical Broadway musical, and the real drama is trying to figure out who wanted the leading man dead.

Cast

Main Cast

• Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert Goren
• Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames

Also Starring

• Jay O. Sanders as Captain Joseph Hannah
• Julia Ormond as Dr. Paula Gyson

Recurring cast

• Peter Jay Fernandez as Attorney A.R. Cabezas

Special Appearance

• Patti Smith as Professor Cleo Alexander

Guest Stars

• Christopher McDonald as Evan Korman
• Michael Panes as Roger Porter
• Billy Magnussen as Marc Landry
• Ashlie Atkinson as Lisa Kirby
• Ilana Levine as Brenda Little
• Eion Bailey as Adam Winter
• Cynthia Nixon as Amanda Rollins
• Dena Tyler as Attorney Rachel Grove
• Kaili Vernoff as Attorney Pamela Albert
• Maureen Sebastian as Gwendolyn Swift
• Nicole Sudhaus as Evan's Assistant
• Selenis Leyva as Detective Mariluz Rivera
• Matt Cavenaugh as Brice Calder
• José Ramón Rosario as Hugo Vargas

Extra

• Jonathan Baptiste Ludovic as Amanda Rollins's Witness

References

• The Greek Myths of Icarus and his father Daedalus, who created for King Minos the Labyrinth which housed the The Minotaur.
  • Princess Ariadne, Minos's daughter, helps Theseus escape the Labyrinth by giving him a clew of yarn.
  • After Theseus escapes and marries Ariadne, Daedalus and Icarus are imprisoned in the Labyrinth by King Minos. They escape with a set of wax wings Daedalus, but Icarus flies too close to the sun, causing the wings to melt and him to fall to his death.
• Pandora
• Force majeure
• All About Eve
• Obie Award

Background information and Notes

• Cynthia Nixon appears as a character named Amanda Rollins, apparently unrelated to the Amanda Rollins who would later appear in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which Nixon also guest-starred in.
• Robert Goren apologizes to Dr. Paula Gyson for losing his temper at their last therapy session in "Cadaver".
• A number of similarities and references to the production of the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark were made in this episode including the following:
  • The production of Spider-Man was noted for a number of accidents to its actors that occurred during the rehearsal and preview performances. The production of Icarus is similarly troubled.
  • Spider-Man incorporates elements from Greek mythology; in the case of Spider-Man, the myth of Arachne is referenced. The musical Icarus is based on the Greek myth, and director Amanda Rollins previous work also reference other Greek myths as well.
  • Spider-Man also had music created by noted rock musicians, Bono and The Edge from the band U2. The Icarus musical had a rock musician, Adam Winter, working on its music.
  • Goren compares the Icarus musical to Spider-Man in front of producer Evan Korman.
  • Goren also compared director Amanda Rollins to Spider-Man director Julie Taymor.

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