Helen Sinclair News

According to the New York Post's Michael Riedel, some of Broadway's biggest leading ladies are vying for the role of Helen Sinclair in the upcoming stage adaptation of Woody Allen's BULLETS OVER BROADWAY.

Today we are talking to a five-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer celebrated for her stupendous work on CRAZY FOR YOU, THE PRODUCERS, CONTACT, THE FROGS, THOU SHALT NOT, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS and many more - the master musicals director Susan Stroman. In discussing a vast array of topics, Stroman and I touch upon many of her past projects as well as look ahead to her current and future endeavors - that is: the forthcoming Broadway bow of the new musical BIG FISH, starring Norbert Leo Butz, as well as the world premiere of Ahrens & Flaherty's LITTLE DANCER next year. Most importantly, Stroman shines a light on her enduring artistic partnership with Mel Brooks in bringing to life the screen-to-stage musical adaptations of both THE PRODUCERS and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, with BLAZING SADDLES on the way - their rich collaboration also being highlighted in this week's AMERICAN MASTERS tribute to Mel Brooks on PBS. Additionally, Stroman reflects on some of her lesser-known entities and casts a light on some of her foremost influences as well as candidly discusses her specialty work for a bevy of major stars - such as at SONDHEIM: A CELEBRATION AT CARNEGIE HALL in 1992 - and the finer points of working with Stephen Sondheim and Nathan Lane on Sondheim's most recent original Broadway musical, THE FROGS. Plus, Stroman shares first details of her upcoming collaboration with comedy master Woody Allen on the musical stage adaptation of Allen's Academy Award-winning BULLETS OVER BROADWAY and also offers the 411 on the upcoming Los Angeles and West End productions of Kander & Ebb's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - including the real-life role the musical has played in the pardoning of the originally accused nine just last month. Stroman also comments on her work with Hal Prince on the career revue PRINCE OF BROADWAY, opening in Japan in 2015, and also touches upon her ongoing desire to pursue a film adaptation of her multi-Tony Award-winning and genre-redefining 2000 Best Musical, CONTACT. All of that and much, much awaits in this wide-ranging conversation!

Producers Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson just announced that the world premiere production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, a new musical adaptation of Woody Allen's iconic 1994 crime-comedy film will arrive home on Broadway in 2013 featuring a book by Woody Allen.

Last weekend, I had the exceptional privilege of conducting an InDepth InterView with 2010 Tony-winning Best Featured Actress In A Play: the luminous and winsomely witty film and stage star Scarlett Johannson. We talked about her work in the theatre on this year's highly-praised revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, as well as her feelings on musicals, Stephen Sondheim, and growing up in New York, which then veered off into a considerable discussion of her film work and working with actors like Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Penelope Cruz, as well as directors like Woody Allen and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, we discussed her love of musicals, her favorite shows, scores and cast albums, singing showtunes with Hugh Jackman, her thoughts on a Woody Allen musical, what Sondheim roles she would like to play, GLEE, and, of course, a detailed and descriptive discussion of the entire process of bringing BRIDGE to the stage. This is the complete InDepth InterView you have all been waiting for - of course, two sneek peek samples have gone up on BWW this week and have so far been quoted and reprinted in US WEEKLY, Perez Hilton and Oh No They Didn't, just to name a few, all of whom also reprinted her e-mail response to me. She is without a doubt one of the brightest stars of our age and it was a extreme privilege for me to help her shine some light on the more obscure corners of her career, as well as the highs - on Broadway, in Hollywood and elsewhere. Enjoy!

This Saturday, December 12th, the Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company will conclude its 2009 EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post-show discussions.

This Saturday, December 12th, the Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company will conclude its 2009 EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post-show discussions.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce two new EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions which will continue throughout the Mint's current engagement of Maurine Dallas Watkins' So Help Me God! starring Kristen Johnston and Anna Chlumsky.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce two new EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions which will continue throughout the Mint's current engagement of Maureen Dallas Watkins' So Help Me God! starring Kristen Johnston and Anna Chlumsky.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce two new EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions which will continue throughout the Mint's current engagement of Maurine Dallas Watkins' So Help Me God! starring Kristen Johnston and Anna Chlumsky.

The Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company is pleased to announce two new EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions which will continue throughout the Mint's current engagement of Maureen Dallas Watkins' So Help Me God! starring Kristen Johnston and Anna Chlumsky.