The Golden Globes are over for another year. Here’s the awards from the Woody Allen perspective. Allen was given the highest honour by the Globes with the Cecil B DeMille Award. Despite speculation, Allen surprised no one by not attending. Diane Keaton accepted the award on his behalf, making a short speech paying tribute to […]
Marin Mazzie To Play Helen Sinclair In Bullets Over Broadway Musical
The final – and most significant – role of the Bullets Over Broadway Musical has been cast. Broadway star Marin Mazzie has beaten out several competitors for the coveted role. New York Times has the story. Mazzie has won the role of Helen Sinclair, the temperamental diva from Allen’s 1994 film version. Diane Wiest played […]
VOTW: Zach Braff On Bullets Over Broadway Musical
A short video this week. Zach Braff is starring in the ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘, based on Allen’s 1994 film. Tickets went on sale last week, and Braff recorded a short video to get people buying tickets. Braff of course was the star of the acclaimed TV comedy ‘Scrubs‘, as well as the writer and […]
Bullets Over Broadway Musical Tickets On Sale 31 August
Woody Allen returns to Broadway next year, for his first ever stage musical. Directed by Susan Stroman and starring Zach Braff, Allen’s 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway will get the song and dance treatment. Due to open 11 March 2014, tickets will go on sale 31 August 2013. Work is definitely moving along. Rehearsals have […]
Blue Jasmine Update: More Images, NY Times, Italy, Andrew Dice Clay And More
We are a little over a week away from the US release of Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine. Today we have a couple of new images, an Italian release date, a great new piece in the New York Times and more positive press reactions. Firstly the new images. These come from Finnish film site […]
Jun News Bits 2: James Gandolfini, Orson Welles, The 222s, Kenneth Branagh, Greta Gerwig, Julie Delpy and more
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. We were sad to hear of the passing of James Gandolfini this month. We loved him in ‘The Sopranos‘ and dozens of film roles. Amongst our faves – his starring role in John Turturro‘s ‘Romance And Cigarettes‘, his vulnerable voice performance in Spike […]
Bullets Over Broadway Musical Announces Theatre, Pushed Back To 2014
A brief update on Bullets Over Broadway musical, the Broadway update of Woody Allen’s 1994 crime-comedy. We now have a theatre and a new opening date, thanks to multiple sources. The new production is directed by Susan Stroman and produced by Julian Schlossberg (who worked with Allen on ‘Relatively Speaking‘) and Letty Aronson, Allen’s long […]