Woody Allen News

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will host a special post-performance discussion at tomorrowÂ’s matinee, May 23rd led by one of the showÂ’s producers, Jack Thomas, and the productionÂ’s stars, Mark H. Dold (C. S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud). They will also conduct a Q&A session with the audience. (more...)

Deadline.com reports that Bobby Cannavale has joined the cast of Woody Allen's upcoming comedy. The actor joins previously announced cast members Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper and Alec Baldwin. (more...)

In celebration of the 100th Chicago performance of the FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport), the producers will host a Sigmund Freud Look-A-Like contest. (more...)

Today we are talking to one of the stars of the hit revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - which will be closing this Sunday after a 16-month run, so catch it while you can - who has also carved out an astonishingly accomplished resume on film and TV since her stunning, Emmy-winning small screen debut in a lead role as the young Judy Garland in ME & MY SHADOWS: LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND - the beautiful and tremendously talented Tammy Blanchard. Touching on many of her most memorable big screen and small screen roles and sharing her experiences of working with many of her impressive co-stars and creative collaborators - Bernadette Peters, Jessica Lange, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Sam Mendes, and her co-star on two films, the late Brittany Murphy - Blanchard eloquently illustrates her rise to stardom and the roles and performances she has given that she is fondest of - GYPSY to BELLA to THE GOOD SHEPHERD and beyond. Additionally, Blanchard clues us in on what we can expect from her multi-episode character arc on ShowtimeÂ’s hit dramedy series THE BIG C and what it was like to play such a unique and unusual character - as well as her feelings on sharing the screen (and the onscreen bedroom) with previous InDepth InterView participants John Benjamin Hickey and Brian dÂ’Arcy James. Plus, Blanchard shares how her new role as a mom has shaped her craft and career as well as future plans post-HOW TO SUCCEED, observations on GLEE and SMASH and much, much more! (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 700th New York performance tonight, May 18th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, invited audience members to have their moms photographed on Dr. FreudÂ’s iconic couch after SundayÂ’s MotherÂ’s Day matinee, May 13th. The cast happily posed for photos with mothers from all over the country on stage for nearly an hour! Check out the photos below. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 700th New York performance this Friday, May 18th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

Deadline.com reports that Alec Baldwin will join forces once again with 'To Rome With Love' director Woody Allen in the upcoming film MAN THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. Baldwin will join his 'Rock of Ages' co-star Russell Brand in the film from New Line. (more...)

The Peccadillo Theater Company announced complete casting today for the sold out industry reading of Sherri HellerÂ’s new comedy MY MOTHER, MY SISTER & ME, starring Valerie Harper, this Monday, May 14th at the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street). The presentation will be directed by OBIE Award winner, Dan Wackerman. Along with Valerie Harper, the cast will feature Marcelo Pereira, Anthony Reimer, Randy Schein, Barbara Walsh, Zoe Winters and Remy Zaken. (more...)

Columbia University School of the Arts will hold its Celebration of Graduates at 2:00pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Miller Theatre on the Morningside Campus. Graduates of the SchoolÂ’s Master of Fine Arts programs in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts and Writing, and the Master of Arts in Film Studies will be recognized by Carol Becker, Dean of Faculty, program chairs Ira Deutchman, Arnold Aronson and Gregory Amenoff, and poetry concentration director Lucie Brock-Broido. (more...)

Inspired by the Woody Allen joke, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans”, Sean Grennan’s newest work, MAKING GOD LAUGH, just made its Chicago Premiere at Theatre at the Center. Produced in association with First Folio Theatre, this heartwarming comedy runs through June 10 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Directed by William Pullinsi, MAKING GOD LAUGH stars Chicago favorites Peggy Roeder, Craig Spidle, Kevin McKillip, Joe Foust and Erin Noel Grennan. Check out interviews with the creative team and actors on opening night in the video below! (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, invites audience members to have their moms photographed on Dr. FreudÂ’s iconic couch after the performance on MotherÂ’s Day this Sunday, May 13th. SundayÂ’s performance is at 3 PM at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). (more...)

Inspired by the Woody Allen joke, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans”, Sean Grennan’s newest work, MAKING GOD LAUGH, made its Chicago Premiere at Theatre at the Center. Produced in association with First Folio Theatre, this heartwarming comedy runs through June 10 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Directed by William Pullinsi, MAKING GOD LAUGH stars Chicago favorites Peggy Roeder, Craig Spidle, Kevin McKillip, Joe Foust and Erin Noel Grennan. (more...)

Due to popular demand, FREUD’S LAST SESSION at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport, Chicago), will now run through July 15th with a new Chicago cast, including local theater legend, Mike Nussbaum (Emmy, Drama Desk Award and four-time Jeff Award winner) as “Sigmund Freud” and Coburn Goss (Vigils at the Goodman Theatre, Dead Man’s Cell Phone at Steppenwolf Theatre Companyand Off Broadway When the Messenger is Hot at 59E59) as “C.S. Lewis”. See below for production photos of Nussbaum and Goss in action! (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s hit play by Mark St. Germain, is celebrating Sigmund FreudÂ’s 156th birthday today, May 6th at New World Stages. Producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas are requesting that audience members not bring any gifts for Dr. Freud however. His Study is already overstuffed with collectibles from around the world. (more...)

BWW went backstage at Town Hall last night, May 4, to capture Tony and Olivier Award-winning star Lea Salonga after her performance, "The Journey Continues. See Salonga after she received multiple standing ovations for a knock-out concert in the photos below! (more...)

The Town Hall presented Tony and Olivier Award-winning actress and recording artist Lea Salonga in The Journey Continues last night, May 4. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of Salonga on stage below! She received multiple ovations from the sold-out hall and will next be seen on stage in ALLEGIANCE. (more...)

Today we are talking to an Emmy Award-winning actor perhaps most well-known for his title role in the iconic and ground-breaking millennial NBC sitcom hit, WILL & GRACE, who can now be seen eight times a week on Broadway playing a pivotal role in the starry revival of Gore VidalÂ’s politically-themed satire, THE BEST MAN - the affable Eric McCormack. Shining a spotlight on his theatrical roots at the Straford Shakespeare Festival in Canada all the way up to his small-screen sensation in WILL & GRACE and, now, his forthcoming new dramatic series, PERCEPTION, McCormack illustrates all aspects of his career and generously offers his insights, observations and shares his lessons learned over the course of his near-thirty-year career onstage and onscreen. In addition to all of that, McCormack outlines his experiences sharing the stage with titanic talents such as James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Candice Bergin and the rest of the ensemble of THE BEST MAN, as well as sharing his thoughts about the relevance and poignancy of the play today, more than a half decade after its premiere, and what it says about our society, then and now, in addition to expanding on the playÂ’s pertinent political themes and their exploration in the classic drama. Plus, McCormack clues us in on his own favorite plays and musicals, initial theatrical inspiration, his stint portraying the eponymous THE MUSIC MAN, future career plans and first news about his new TNT series, PERCEPTION - all of that and much, much more! (more...)

Piece by Piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater have announced that the world premiere of 3C, written by David Adjmi and directed by Jackson Gay, will begin performances Wednesday, June 6 at 7pm at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place. The opening night is set for Thursday, June 21 at 7pm. (more...)

FREUDÂ’S LAST SESSION, New YorkÂ’s smash hit play by Mark St. Germain, is celebrating Sigmund FreudÂ’s 156th birthday this Sunday, May 6th at New World Stages. (more...)