Woody Allen

== Theater ==
While best known for his films, Allen has also had a successful theater career, starting as early as 1960, when he wrote sketches for the revue ''[[From A to Z]]''. His first great success was ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'', which opened in 1968 and ran for 598 performances on Broadway. His success continued with ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'', which opened in 1969, starring Allen and [[Diane Keaton]]. The show played for 453 performances and was nominated for three [[Tony Awards]], although none of the nominations were for Allen's writing or acting.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2849 |title=Internet Broadway Database: Play It Again, Sam Production Credits |publisher=Ibdb |date=March 14, 1970 |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref>

In the 1970s, Allen wrote a number of one-act plays, such as ''[[God (play)|God]]'' and ''[[Death (play)|Death]]'', which were published in his 1975 collection ''[[Without Feathers]]''. In 1981, Allen's play ''[[The Floating Light Bulb]]'' opened on Broadway. It was a critical success and a commercial flop. Despite two [[Tony Award]] nominations, a Tony win for the acting of [[Brian Backer]] (who won the 1981 [[Theater World Award]] and a [[Drama Desk Award]] for his work), the play only ran for 62 performances.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4112 |title=Internet Broadway Database: The Floating Light Bulb Production Credits |publisher=Ibdb.com |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref>

In 1995, after a long hiatus from the stage, Allen returned to theater with the one-act ''Central Park West'',<ref name="wapo/2005/07/01/allen-sex-lies"/> an installment in an evening of theater, ''Death Defying Acts'', that also included new work by [[David Mamet]] and [[Elaine May]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mamet.eserver.org/review/1995/death.html |title=Death Defying Acts and No One Shall Be Immune – David Mamet Society |publisher=Mamet.eserver.org |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224171536/http://mamet.eserver.org/review/1995/death.html |archive-date=February 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For the next few years, Allen had no direct involvement with the stage, but productions of his work were staged. ''God'' was staged at The Bank of Brazil Cultural Center in [[Rio de Janeiro]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36475.html |title=Allen's God Shows Up in Rio, Jan.&nbsp;16 |work=Playbill |date=January 15, 1998 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206134847/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/36475.html |archive-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> and theatrical adaptations of Allen's films ''Bullets Over Broadway''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/40306.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen Adaptation Debuts at Italian Theater Festival, Aug.&nbsp;1 |work=Playbill |date=July 31, 1998 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206053300/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/40306.html |archive-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref> and ''September''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/47752.html |title=Playbill News: Stage Version of Woody Allen's September to Bow in France, Sept.&nbsp;16 |work=Playbill |date=September 15, 1999 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041404/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/47752.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> were produced in Italy and France, respectively, without Allen's involvement.

{{anchor|Riverside Drive}}In 2003, Allen returned to the stage with ''Writer's Block'', an evening of two one-acts, ''Old Saybrook''<ref name="concordtheatricals/1890">{{cite web |title=Old Saybrook |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/1890/old-saybrook |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=26 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Riverside Drive'',<ref name="concordtheatricals/1889">{{cite web |title=Riverside Drive |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/1889/riverside-drive |website=Concord Theatricals |access-date=26 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="wapo/2005/07/01/allen-sex-lies">{{cite news |last1=Marks |first1=Peter |title=From Woody Allen, Sex, Lies And Expensive Real Estate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/07/01/from-woody-allen-sex-lies-and-expensive-real-estate/c68e4444-21d3-4a12-91bb-8169c90466bd/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=1 July 2005 |quote=...Theater J...one-act plays, "Central Park West" (1995) and "Riverside Drive" (2003)...}}</ref> that played [[Off-Broadway]]{{'}}s Atlantic Theatre.<ref name="playbill/108992">{{cite news |title=Woody Allen to Direct Two One-Acts at OB's Atlantic in April |url=https://playbill.com/article/woody-allen-to-direct-two-one-acts-at-obs-atlantic-in-april-com-108992 |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=playbill.com |date=October 18, 2002}}</ref> The production marked his stage-directing debut<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79561.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen's Writer's Block, with Neuwirth and Reiser, Opens Off Broadway May&nbsp;15 |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041229/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/79561.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> and sold out the entire run.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89553.html |title=Playbill News: Two Weeks Added to Woody Allen's New Play, Second Hand Memory, at Off-Bway's Atlantic |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041419/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89553.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref>

In 2004, Allen's first full-length play since 1981, ''A Second Hand Memory'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89716.html |title=Playbill News: Woody Allen Directs His Second Hand Memory, Opening Nov.&nbsp;22 Off-Broadway |work=Playbill |access-date=March 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227041437/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89716.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> was directed by Allen and enjoyed an extended run [[Off-Broadway]].<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In June 2007 it was announced that Allen would make two more creative debuts in the theater, directing a work he did not write and an opera—a reinterpretation of [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini's]] ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' for the [[Los Angeles Opera]]<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7603731.stm|title=Woody Allen makes debut at opera|date=September 8, 2008|work=BBC News |access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref>—which debuted at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 6, 2008.<ref name="NYTOpera">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/arts/music/08trit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908081752/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/arts/music/08trit.html |archive-date=2008-09-08 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Puccini With a Sprinkling of Woody Allen Whimsy |last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|date=September 7, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref> Of his direction of the opera, Allen said, "I have no idea what I'm doing." His production of the opera opened the [[Festival of Two Worlds]] in [[Spoleto, Italy]], in June 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/arts/music/08arts-WOODYALLENSP_BRF.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511224830/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/arts/music/08arts-WOODYALLENSP_BRF.html |archive-date=2009-05-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Woody Allen's Puccini Goes to Spoleto |first=Dave | last=Itzkoff |date=May 7, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2010}}</ref>

In October 2011, Allen's one-act play ''[[Honeymoon Motel]]'' premiered as one in a series of one-act plays on Broadway titled ''[[Relatively Speaking (play anthology)|Relatively Speaking]]''.<ref>[http://www.relativelyspeakingbroadway.com/ relatively speaking broadway .com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109055026/http://www.relativelyspeakingbroadway.com/ |date=November 9, 2013 }} relativelyspeakingbroadway.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012</ref> Also contributing to the series were [[Elaine May]] and [[Ethan Coen]]; [[John Turturro]] directed.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 20, 2011 |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/theater/reviews/relatively-speaking-at-brooks-atkinson-theater-review.html |title=Each Family, Tortured in Its Own Way |author= Isherwood, Charles }}</ref>

It was announced in February 2012 that Allen would adapt ''[[Bullets over Broadway]]'' into a Broadway [[Bullets Over Broadway (musical)|musical]]. It ran from April 10 to August 24, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/allen-taking-bullets-over-broadway-to-broadway/|title='Bullets Over Broadway' Is Heading There|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=February 23, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> The cast included [[Zach Braff]], [[Nick Cordero]] and [[Betsy Wolfe]]. The show was directed and choreographed by [[Susan Stroman]], known for directing the stage and film productions of [[Mel Brooks]]'s [[The Producers (musical)|''The Producers'']]. The show drew mixed reviews from critics but received six [[Tony Award]] nominations, including one for Allen for [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Woody+Allen|title=Woody Allen Tony Awards Info|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref>
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